supervisor engine redundancy

[Azariel Rodriguez Parra]

I need to installer a supervisor for redundancy the card I will use is a  WS-X45-SUP6L-E  the switch have this model of card intalled

but I need redundancy but I need to use the ten giga ports too but I don´t know if the supervisor is in the stanby mode I can use

the ten giga or this ports are in the standby too and I need to install another line card only for the spf.

Thanks...

[michael_eaves]

Here a doc for the 4500 sup redundancy states and configuration:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst4500/12.2/25ew/configuration/guide/RPR.html

My preference is to use a separate line card for all switching ports. 

[Joseph W. Doherty]

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I believe the later 4500 sups now allow their ports to be used even when they are in standby mode.  However, I would double check the docs for a sup6L-E. 

[Ivan Shirshin]

Hi,

For 4500 E-series, the uplinks on the Supervisor Engine 6-E have three options in redundant mode operation.

1. The first option is referred to as 1 + 1 redundancy. In this configuration, only one 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplink port on each of the two supervisor engines carries traffic, and each port forwards traffic at line rate.

2. The second option is referred to as 2 + 2 redundancy; in this configuration, both 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports on each of the two supervisor engines are forwarding traffic and the uplinks are 2:1 oversubscribed.

3. The third option is referred to as 4 + 4 redundancy. In this configuration, twin gigabit converter modules are used and all four Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports on each of the two supervisor engines carry traffic simultaneously at wire rate.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps4324/prod_white_paper0900aecd806ed38a.html

Kind Regards,
Ivan Shirshin

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[Azariel Rodriguez Parra]

Ok thanks but Can I use one 10 Gigabit Ethernet in each supervisor and the other in 1 Gigabit Ethernet