Hi Folks, What is the deep dive difference between the service edge optimized cards and the packet transport line cards in the ASR 9000? I know that QoS is the difference in general, for example, the service edge optimized has advanced QoS features while the Packet Transport line cards has basic QoS features but I want to know some more details please. Thanks ... View more

Hi all, Can anyone tell me if it's possible to create a VPC directly from a Nexus 5K to a server ? I am going to use LACP Thanks, Ismail ... View more

Hi Team, Can I implement MACsec betwen two Cisoc 3750X using the  C3KX-NM-1G? 3750x (C3KX-NM-1G) -------------------MMF------------------(C3KX-NM-1G) 3750x Thanks, Ismail ... View more

Hi Folks, We have a secondary FWSM which has 50 Contexts, while the primary one has 100 Context. so the failover is not working. Is there away to downgrade the first one to 50 Context without paying extra cost. I mean I want to do the reverese thing here. I am just wondering if anyone has idea of how to make this match happen. Primary FWSM ------------------------------------------------------ Maximum Interfaces          : 1000 Inside Hosts                : Unlimited Failover                    : Active/Active VPN-DES                     : Enabled VPN-3DES-AES                : Enabled Cut-through Proxy           : Enabled Guards                      : Enabled URL Filtering               : Enabled Security Contexts           : 100 GTP/GPRS                    : Disabled BGP Stub                    : Disabled Service Acceleration        : Disabled VPN Peers                   : Unlimited ------------------------------------------------------ ... View more

Hi , I have two N7K-F248XP-25  going to be installed in one Nexus 7009 and I have 4 N2K-C2248TP-1GE (48x100/1000-T+4x10GE) . In simple way, I have two F2 line cards within one N7K and 4 N2Ks. The N7K will be used as a parent switch and it has NX-OS version 6.0 So I want to connect the 4 N2K to the two F2 line cards in a redundant fasion, can some one tell me the best practice of how to connect those N2Ks? I have read somewhere that I can only use two ports from each 4 shared ports but I am not sure if this is true. I will appreciate any input or a link. Thanks ... View more

In the topology services map, the color status of the router takes long time to move from red to green and vice versa. i have already configured the time interval in the fault monitor poller setting to 6minutes but the only thing reflected the little mark at the top of the icon itself. anyhow the topology service still believe that the devices are unreachable. i have waited almost 45 minutes and nothing happened. please let me known the trick to make the topology services act more quicker . Sent from Cisco Technical Support iPhone App ... View more

Hi All, I want to chose the right UPS product for 7 x WS-C3750X-48PF-L in one stack. The Cisco data sheet says 1100W AC, however, I am only connecting 20 IP Phones, each phone will consume around 12.2 Watts. So in this case, How many watts would I need for the whole 7 switches in the stack ? in other words, only the first switch in the stack will be connected to 20 IP Phones, but the remaining switches in the stack will be Data Only thought the remaining switches in the stack are capable of delivering a full PoE. You may also help in letting me know the power consumption of the WS-C3750X-48PF-L with only data connected to it. Thanks for your help in advance Ismail   ... View more