6509e question

[blackmetal]

Hello,

We have 2x 6509e with Vs-720-10g-3c sup in VSS and we have 15-20g bps and i want to know is there any limitation on creating SVI int hsi sup and 6509e? can we create up to 4094x SVI with worry ?

we have 6-7x bgp peer with no full table.

Thank you.

[balaji.bandi]

I do not believe any Limitation and make sure you can not get all 4094- there is some private VLAN need to be removed to convert.

Only my concern is can 720 Sup can handle that kind of horsepower requirement you looking to things all in one box ? make sure atlease you upgrade supervisor latest one....but again 65XX is EOL nd EOS

[blackmetal]

what about 2t sup?

is it ok for handle this traffic?

[balaji.bandi]

Sup 2T much advanced version than 720, But we can only suggest what based on our experience, its all you need to tweak and monitor based on the learning lessons.

Cisco no Longer able to support or have new Code on this models. If your requirement is very big like you mentioned, suggest to contact local partner get new Compute can delivery what you looking to deliver.

If i were you, i look new Cat 9K, rather EOS or EOL

if this is more of Service Provider network i look forward SP based kits.

[blackmetal]

we have 2x 4500x-32sfp in our stock, we if we use VSS do you think its enough to handle this?

[balaji.bandi]

Yes and No - as i mentioned earlier post - this is your use case, as per the Kit mentioned should work technically, again you need deploy Learn and monitor and mitigate any issue.

Gradually adding requirement will give an flexibility to understand the load and requirement and learn lessons.

is this make sense ?

[Scott Hodgdon]

blackmetal,

I do not know what version of IOS you are running, so I will refer you to the latest documentation:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/15-5SY/config_guide/sup2T/15_5_sy_swcg_2T/layer3.html#21877

• We recommend that you configure no more than 2,000 Layer 3 VLAN interfaces.

This is what have been tested and verified by our solution test teams. This threshold should not be exceeded. This is based on the scale capacity of a single active CPU (Control Plane), and remember that in VSS mode there is still just a single active CPU (Control Plane) even though there are two physical switches as part of the VSS domain.

The Catalyst 4500x documentation does not have an explicitly stated SVI scale number.

Cheers,
Scott Hodgdon

Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

Enterprise Networking and Cloud Group