Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Software Configuration Guide

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Catalyst 4500 Series Switch, Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide - Cisco IOS XE 3.9.xE and IOS 15.2(5)Ex
Chapter 12 Configuring Supervisor Engine Redundancy Using RPR and SSO on Supervisor Engine 7-E, Supervisor
Supervisor Engine Redundancy Guidelines and Restrictions
ISSU-3-PEER_IMAGE_INCOMPATIBLE messages to appear because the peer image is listed as
incompatible. If the configuration problem can be corrected, you can clear the peer image from the
incompatible list with the redundancy config-sync ignore mismatched-commands EXEC
command while the peer is in a standby cold (RPR) state. This action allows the standby supervisor
engine to boot in standby hot (SSO) state when it reloads.
Here are the steps:
Step 1 Clear the offending configuration (that caused an MCL) while the standby supervisor engine is in
standby cold (RPR) state.
Step 2 Enter the redundancy config-sync ignore mismatched-commands EXEC command at the active
standby supervisor engine.
Step 3 Perform write memory.
Step 4 Reload the standby supervisor engine with the redundancy reload peer command.
• RPR and SSO requires Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.1.0SG and later releases.
• WS-C4507R-E, WS-C4510R-E, WS-C4507R+E, and WS-C4510R+E are the only Catalyst 4500
series switches that support Supervisor Engine 7-E, Supervisor Engine 7L-E, and Supervisor Engine
8-E redundancy.
• In RPR or SSO mode,
– with Supervisor Engine 7-E and 7L-E, only the first two uplinks on each supervisor engine are
available. The second two uplinks are unavailable.
– with Supervisor Engine 8-E, only the first four uplinks on each supervisor engine are available
provided a 47xx line card is inserted on slot 10. The second set of four uplinks are unavailable.
Only the first two uplinks on each supervisor are available unless the requirement is met (i.e.,
47xx linecard in 4510 chassis).
• SSO requires both supervisor engines in the chassis to have the same components (model and
memory), and to use the same Cisco IOS XE software image.
• The active and standby supervisor engines in the chassis must be in slots 3 and 4 for 7-slot chassis
and slot 5 and 6 for 10-slot chassis.
• Each supervisor engine in the chassis must have its own flash device and console port connections
to operate the switch on its own.
• Each supervisor engine must have a unique console connection. Do not connect a Y cable to the
console ports.
• Supervisor engine redundancy does not provide supervisor engine load balancing.
• The Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) table is cleared on a switchover. As a result, routed traffic is
interrupted until route tables reconverge. This reconvergence time is minimal because the SSO
feature reduces the supervisor engine redundancy switchover time from 30+ seconds to subsecond,
so Layer 3 also has a faster failover time if the switch is configured for SSO.
• Static IP routes are maintained across a switchover because they are configured from entries in the
configuration file.
• Information about Layer 3 dynamic states that is maintained on the active supervisor engine is not
synchronized to the standby supervisor engine and is lost on switchover.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Specifications

General

Series	Catalyst 4500 Series
Category	Switch
Layer Support	Layer 2, Layer 3
Form Factor	Modular chassis
Stackable	No
Chassis Slots	3, 6, 7, 10
Power Supply Options	AC, DC
Redundancy	Power supply, Supervisor engine
Network Management	Cisco IOS Software CLI, SNMP, Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Features	Security, QoS
Port Density	Up to 384 ports per chassis
Security Features	802.1X, ACLs, DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection, IP Source Guard
Supervisor Engine	8-E