Implementing a L2TPV3 Tunnel on Catalyst 6500's

[jonesm111]

Hi All,

We are bringing up a new Data Center in a 2nd office seperated by MPLS

This DC would be a Disaster Recovery site and we want to replicate our existing DC

The two Data Centers are seperated via DS3's over MPLS

Is it possible to implement a L2TPV3 tunnel on our Catalyst switches?

They are both 6509's with the following:

WS-SUP720-BASE 2 ports Supervisor Engine 720 Rev. 3.1"

WS-SUP720 MSFC3 Daughterboard Rev. 2.2"

WS-F6K-PFC3A Policy Feature Card 3 Rev. 2.3"

WS-X6748-GE-TX CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet Rev. 2.0"

WS-F6700-CFC Centralized Forwarding Card Rev. 2.0"

Cisco IOS Software, s72033_rp Software (s72033_rp-ADVENTERPRISEK9_WAN-M), Version 12.2(33)SXH3a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

[john.wright]

Did you try using the Cisco supplied tool called the "feature navigator" to see if the platfom you have supports L2TPV3?

When I was considering using this feature I discovered that I did not have the right combination of hardware to make this work.

[Edison Ortiz]

You mentioned the backbone is running MPLS, then you can run EoMPLS.

Cat6k does not support L2TPv3 but it does support EoMPLS.

Regards,

Edison