Hi there
I have a Catalyst 5002 switch, with a group-switched 10BaseT ethernet card. I'd like to have fast ethernet on this switch, so was thinking of purchasing a new line card.
Am I correct in thinking that any 5000 series module will work with the
5002? I was contemplating purchasing a Switched 10/100BaseTX Fast Ethernet module or Switched 10/100BaseTX Fast EtherChannel module, but was not sure what the difference was?Many thanks in advance.
No -- the product literature promised it would, but that's not what really happened.
The 5002 does not support RSM, VIP2, or LightSTream 1010 ATM.
hmmm!
It's been a while however.
RSM makes little sense in a chassis that takes only one line card.
VIP2 is/was a 7500 router thing
Lightstream 1010 ATM was just that, not related to 5000.
5002 is probably end of sale now but IIRC it was pretty much a normal 5000 and would take pretty much any 5000 line cards.The limitation I guess would be the Supervisor that you have.
I would guess that the EtherChannel modules that you mention are just that. Modules that support EtherChannel. Pretty much every current cisco switch supports EtherChannel but I suspect that this was not always the case.
Hi Dilan,.
WS-X5224-RF - Switched 10/100BaseTX Fast Ethernet Module
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103 units in stockCisco EtherChannel Technology:
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Data Sheet:
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With the older supervisors, RSM was the only way to get Layer 3.
The module consists of one external LightStream 1010 OC-12 ATM interface and one internal interface to the LightStream 1010 switching backplane. The external OC-12 ATM interface behaves exactly as any an OC-12 interface on a LightStream 1010 port-adapter module (PAM).
Some of the line cards for the 5000 supported etherchannel and some of them didn't. I don't know what the nature of the hardware upgrade was, nor whether devices sold later had the upgrade already built in.
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