Cisco 4500 redundancy

[LOUIS BOUCHARD]

maybe this is a silly question.

can I use two different supervisors and get full redundancy.

for exemple a Supervisor V-10GE in slot 1 and a Supervisor 6-E in slot 2 ? or both supervisors need to be the same?

my chassis is a 4507R (non-E)

Sup V-10GE and 6-E are almost the same price... so if the redundancy stuff works, i would make more sense to go with the 6-E.

Thanks

[Leo Laohoo · Accepted solution]

can I use two different supervisors and get full redundancy.

No.  There are some things one supervisor engine can do and the other can't/won't-until-you-buy-her-dinner-kinda-deal. 

Sup V-10GE and 6-E are almost the same price

He he he ... I can beat that.  The Sup6 and the newer Sup7 have THE SAME PRICE.  I'd go for Sup7 any day.

[Alvaro Garcia · Accepted solution]

Hi,

In roder to run full redundancy both supervsior modules must be the same model and run same IOS version.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst4500/12.1/13ew/configuration/guide/RPR.html

Cheers,

AG

[LOUIS BOUCHARD]

that was quick...

Thank you.

[Leo Laohoo]

Thank you very much for the ratings. 

[#6]

Before you go buying those SUP’s, your chassis doesn’t support it…..

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps4324/prod_models_comparison.html