FW:RE: RSM VS. 7513 (WAS RE: CATALYST RSM)

[Birn...@grainger.com]

The notes on this subject indicate that the 8510 goes in the slots at the
bottom of a 5500. Does this mean that one cannot have an LS1010 processor in
the same switch as the 8510?

Just curious,

Andrew Birner
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
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Date: Thu Jun 25 11:49:42 1998
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Subject: Re: RSM Vs. 7513 (was Re: Catalyst RSM)

The 8510 will switch between the internal vlans on the 5500 through either
an external trunk connection (fast ethernet, fast etherchannel, or gigabit)
to one of the uplinks on the frame switch fabric (5500) or optionally, via
an internal connection to the frame backplane through a fabric integration
module (FIM) which will be available later this year. This will be an
internal bridge between the two switch fabrics. It will also have 8 external
10/100ports similar to the regular 8-port 10/100 line cards that provide
external connections (including patch connections as trunk ports). If using
an internal FIM, it would be configured like an RSM/VIP combo. If using
the regular 10/100 line card or GE line card, it would be configured like a
physical router interface, including ISL or 802.1q configuration.

Phil

>At 07:21 AM 6/25/98 -0500, Mark Salmon wrote:
>>> Additional alternatives for more bang than you get with one RSM are
>>> putting an 8510 into the lower slots of a cat5500, or upgrading the
>>> Cat5000 with Supervisor III and Netflow Feature Card.
>>
>>If one does that does one have to also get the line cards or will the 8510
>cpu
>>switch between vlans internal to the 5500?
>>
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[Mark Salmon]

I believe that is correct becuase the SRP slides into slot 13 as well as the ASP.

[Paul.H...@na.manpower.com]

That is correct! If you put the 8510 in the bottom you can not run a
LS1010 there as well. The supervisor module you plug into the bottom of
the switch determines the use for the fabric. If you have a ASP card
plugged in, the fabric will be used as a 5 GB Cell backplane. If you plug
in the SRP from the 8510 you will have a 10GB Frame backplane (I believe
frame).

Paul Haferman
Senior Network Engineer
Manpower Inc.