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Greetings, With the below information, is it possible to tell if both sup720s can simply have their IOSs upgraded and brought online? What concerns me is the difference in the HW/FW revs. I was unable to find anything useful about this on Cisco's site and the hardware is out of warranty....go figure. :)

Thank you

sho mod Mod Ports Card Type Model Serial No.

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----------- 1 4 CEF720 4 port 10-Gigabit Ethernet WS-X6704-10GE SAL09464WYX 3 48 48 port 10/100/1000mb EtherModule WS-X6148-GE-TX SAD081403CS 4 48 48 port 10/100/1000mb EtherModule WS-X6148-GE-TX SAD0748034H 5 2 Supervisor Engine 720 (Active) WS-SUP720-BASE SAD0733042C 6 2 Supervisor Engine 720 (Cold) WS-SUP720-BASE SAL09232JRC 7 48 CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet WS-X6748-GE-TX SAD082207UW 8 24 CEF720 24 port 1000mb SFP WS-X6724-SFP SAL08414V30

Mod MAC addresses Hw Fw Sw Status

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------- 1 0012.0092.dbac to 0012.0092.dbaf 1.6 12.2(14r)S5 12.2(18)SXD2 Ok 3 0011.211c.a92a to 0011.211c.a959 6.0 7.2(1) 8.3(0.156)RO Ok 4 000e.8361.6030 to 000e.8361.605f 5.0 7.2(1) 8.3(0.156)RO Ok 5 000d.655b.70bc to 000d.655b.70bf 2.3 7.7(1) 12.2(18)SXD2 Ok 6 0013.c31f.e554 to 0013.c31f.e557 3.3 8.1(3) 12.2(18.8.18 Ok 7 000f.f77e.862c to 000f.f77e.865b 1.5 12.2(14r)S5 12.2(18)SXD2 Ok 8 0012.0090.24ec to 0012.0090.2503 2.1 12.2(14r)S5 12.2(18)SXD2 Ok

Mod Sub-Module Model Serial Hw Status

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------- 1 Centralized Forwarding Card WS-F6700-CFC SAD08320EQE 2.0 Ok 3 Cisco Voice Daughter Card WS-F6K-VPWR-GE SAD0819026X 1.0 Ok 4 Cisco Voice Daughter Card WS-F6K-VPWR-GE SAD074801HY 1.0 Ok 5 Policy Feature Card 3 WS-F6K-PFC3A SAD073305AV 1.2 Ok 5 MSFC3 Daughterboard WS-SUP720 SAD073302VL 1.5 Ok 6 Supervisor Engine 720 WS-SUP720-BASE SAL09232JRC 3.3 Ok 6 Policy Feature Card 3 WS-F6K-PFC3A SAD08320ESX 2.5 Ok 7 Centralized Forwarding Card WS-F6700-CFC SAL0827B88Y 2.0 Ok 8 Centralized Forwarding Card WS-F6700-CFC SAL08363HF0 2.0 Ok

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ceyko1
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CatOS on the Supervisor Engine and Cisco IOS Software on the MSFC (Hybrid): a CatOS image can be used as the system software to run the Supervisor Engine on Catalyst 6500/6000 switches. If the optional MSFC is installed, a separate Cisco IOS Software image is used to run the MSFC.

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Cisco IOS Software on both the Supervisor Engine and MSFC (Native): a single Cisco IOS Software image can be used as the system software to run both the Supervisor Engine and MSFC on Catalyst 6500/6000 switches.

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If you are running a Native mode the image that the switch is currently running if it will fit in the bootflash will be in the SP's bootflash, this is what you upgrade.

The only time you will upgrade what ever is in the RP's bootflash is when you are running Hybrid mode.

Sincerely,

Brad Reese BradReese.Com - Cisco Repair

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So, just to be sure - I should be able to put a new IOS on both sup720s and boot from that and everything should be good to go? Thank you for the response.

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ceyko1

What you should be more concerned about is the fact that one is running a MSFC and the other is running a PFC.

5 Policy Feature Card 3 WS-F6K-PFC3A SAD073305AV 1.2 Ok 5 MSFC3 Daughterboard WS-SUP720 SAD073302VL 1.5 Ok 6 Supervisor Engine 720 WS-SUP720-BASE SAL09232JRC 3.3 Ok 6 Policy Feature Card 3 WS-F6K-PFC3A SAD08320ESX 2.5 Ok

It is very likely that you will not be able to find "the same" version for both devices.

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Shauna

That's the reason why it's in the "Active - Cold" state instead of "Active - Standby". I believe it's possible to mix-and-match some revisions of Sup cards, but you can't really tell how they will behave when one card fails. I think the "Cold" card should be configured individually, and will pick the control when another Sup unit dies completely.

Good luck,

Mike

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headsetadapter.com

All, thank you for the feedback on this issue. We almost got to test it out last night, but it got delayed. Thanks again for the assistance though.

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ceyko1

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