Advice on IOS upgrade

[Faisal Shabbir]

Hi Friends,

I have a pair of C6509-E core switches with FWSM and WLAN controllers. I have already upgraded the IOS of FWSM to version 4.1.-10 and WLAN controller to 6.1, now I want to upgrade the IOS of switch itself please guide me which IOS version is more stable and newer for 6509 switch. Thanks

Regards,

Faysal

[Arumugam Muthaiah]

Hi Faysal,

The below detail include FWSM release 4.0 feature highlights

Features requiring Cisco Catalyst 6500 IOS release 12.2(18)SXF and higher on the Feature

• Increased access list capacity
  
• Flexible and configurable ACL rules
  
• DCERPC ( MSRPC )
  
• Enhanced SIP
  
• Enhanced HTTP
  
• Enhanced ESMTP
  
• EIGRP
  
• DHCP Option 82
  
• Additional SNMP Mibs
  

Features requiring Cisco Catalyst 6500 IOS release 12.2(33)SXI

• Interoperability with Virtual Switching System (VSS)
  
• Integration with PISA discovery/detection mechanism
  (Requires IOS version 12.2(18) ZYA or higher)
  
• Route Health Injection (RHI)
  
• Trusted Flow Acceleration (TFA)
  

Refer:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/fwsm/fwsm41/release/notes/fwsmrn41.html#wp171379

• Please Go to the Cisco Feature Navigator (http://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/CFN/jsp/index.jsp) and make your selection.
  
• Regarding the stability, go through the release document and verify if the bugs identified will, in any shape or size, affect your network.
  
• It depends on your feature requirement, you can choose the image which suites for your environment
  

You can try 12.2(33)SXI train but verify the your requirement / feature that needs to be supported before upgrade.

Regards,

Aru

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[Faisal Shabbir]

Thanks Aru for your reply

right now I am running Version 12.2(33)SXH2a on 6500 Switch, but I believe that its very old so i want to upgrade to newer and stable version. any advice on specific version ??

[Faisal Shabbir]

more information

#sh inv
NAME: "WS-C6509-E", DESCR: "Cisco Systems Catalyst 6500 9-slotChassis System"
PID: WS-C6509-E        ,                     VID: V04, SN: SMC1222001H

NAME: "WS-C6K-VTT-E 1", DESCR: "VTT-E FRU 1"
PID: WS-C6K-VTT-E      ,                     VID:    , SN: SMT1212C072

NAME: "WS-C6K-VTT-E 2", DESCR: "VTT-E FRU 2"
PID: WS-C6K-VTT-E      ,                     VID:    , SN: SMT1204L449

NAME: "WS-C6K-VTT-E 3", DESCR: "VTT-E FRU 3"
PID: WS-C6K-VTT-E      ,                     VID:    , SN: SMT1204H895

NAME: "CLK-7600 1", DESCR: "OSR-7600 Clock FRU 1"
PID: CLK-7600          ,                     VID:    , SN: SMT1211E224

NAME: "CLK-7600 2", DESCR: "OSR-7600 Clock FRU 2"
PID: CLK-7600          ,                     VID:    , SN: SMT1211E224

NAME: "1", DESCR: "WS-X6708-10GE CEF720 8 port 10GE with DFC Rev. 1.4"
PID: WS-X6708-10GE     ,                     VID: V04, SN: SAL1226VG9D

NAME: "WS-F6700-DFC3C Distributed Forwarding Card 3 sub-module of 1", DESCR: "WS-F6700-DFC3C Distributed Forwarding Card 3 Rev. 1.0"
PID: WS-F6700-DFC3C    ,                     VID: V01, SN: SAL1226V6CB

NAME: "Te1/1", DESCR: "10Gbase-SR Te1/1"
PID: X2-10GB-SR        ,                     VID: V03 , SN: FNS122306F9

NAME: "Te1/2", DESCR: "10Gbase-SR Te1/2"
PID: X2-10GB-SR        ,                     VID: V03 , SN: FNS12210TPB

NAME: "Te1/3", DESCR: "10Gbase-LR Te1/3"
PID: X2-10GB-LR        ,                     VID: V04 , SN: ECL122703F1

NAME: "Te1/4", DESCR: "10Gbase-LR Te1/4"
PID: X2-10GB-LR        ,                     VID: V04 , SN: ECL122703DY

NAME: "Te1/5", DESCR: "10Gbase-LR Te1/5"
PID: X2-10GB-LR        ,                     VID: V04 , SN: ECL122703GE

NAME: "2", DESCR: "WS-X6748-GE-TX CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet Rev. 3.0"
PID: WS-X6748-GE-TX    ,                     VID: V03, SN: SAL1225U7V3

NAME: "WS-F6700-CFC Centralized Forwarding Card sub-module of 2", DESCR: "WS-F6700-CFC Centralized Forwarding Card Rev. 4.1"
PID: WS-F6700-CFC      ,                     VID: V06, SN: SAL1225UAQX

NAME: "3", DESCR: "WS-X6724-SFP CEF720 24 port 1000mb SFP Rev. 3.1"
PID: WS-X6724-SFP      ,                     VID: V03, SN: SAL1225UCGT

NAME: "WS-F6700-CFC Centralized Forwarding Card sub-module of 3", DESCR: "WS-F6700-CFC Centralized Forwarding Card Rev. 4.1"
PID: WS-F6700-CFC      ,                     VID: V06, SN: SAL1225UE5A

NAME: "4", DESCR: "WS-SVC-FWM-1 6 ports Firewall Module Rev. 4.2"
PID: WS-SVC-FWM-1      ,                     VID:    , SN: SAD122400L5

NAME: "5", DESCR: "WS-SUP720-3B 2 ports Supervisor Engine 720 Rev. 5.6"
PID: WS-SUP720-3B      ,                     VID: V05, SN: SAD114407YB

NAME: "msfc sub-module of 5", DESCR: "WS-SUP720 MSFC3 Daughterboard Rev. 3.1"
PID: WS-SUP720         ,                     VID:    , SN: SAD114409JH

NAME: "WS-F6K-PFC3B Policy Feature Card 3 sub-module of 5", DESCR: "WS-F6K-PFC3B Policy Feature Card 3 Rev. 2.3"
PID: WS-F6K-PFC3B      ,                     VID: V01, SN: SAD114406A2

NAME: "7", DESCR: "WS-SVC-WISM-1-K9 10 ports WiSM WLAN Service Module Rev. 2.3"
PID: WS-SVC-WISM-1-K9  ,                     VID: V06, SN: SAD1224004V

NAME: "WS-SVC-WISM-1-K9-DC Centralized Forwarding Card sub-module of 7", DESCR: "WS-SVC-WISM-1-K9-DC Centralized Forwarding Card Rev. 2.1"
PID: WS-SVC-WISM-1-K9-DC,                     VID:    , SN: SAD12230801

NAME: "WS-C6509-E-FAN 1", DESCR: "Enhanced 9-slot Fan Tray 1"
PID: WS-C6509-E-FAN    ,                     VID: V03, SN: DCH12190436

NAME: "PS 1 WS-CAC-6000W", DESCR: "AC power supply, 6000 watt 1"
PID: WS-CAC-6000W      ,                     VID: V05, SN: AZS12170G95

NAME: "PS 2 WS-CAC-6000W", DESCR: "AC power supply, 6000 watt 2"
PID: WS-CAC-6000W      ,                     VID: V05, SN: AZS12170G91

[Arumugam Muthaiah · Accepted solution]

Hi Faisal,

You can try 12.2(33)SXI9.

Refer:

Cisco Safe Harbor Release 12.2(33)SXI9 For Enterprise Customers

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/safe_harbor/campus/12_33_sxi9/12_2_33_SXI9.html

Caveats in Release 12.2(33)SXI Rebuilds

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SX/release/notes/caveats_SXI_rebuilds.html#wp4865031

Regards,

Aru

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[Faisal Shabbir]

Many Thanks Aru i hope that mentioned IOS will go well without having any issues.