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From CatOS to IOS

qwertys21
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Level 1

We have a Cat 4503 which has a supervisor card which is now EoL and running CatOS. We are thinking of replacing the card with a Sup II+ which is Cisco IOS.

What will this entail? Is there documentation to support this?

The Cat 4503 has a 64M DRAM, 6.1(5) ROMMON, 16M Flash and 2 power supplies.

Will this be okay to do a direct swap to a Sup 2+ without any hardware upgrade?

Please help.

Thanks

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ankbhasi
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Hi Friend,

As you mentioned you have 4503 with 64 MB DRAM but this statement is bit wrong because 450 is a chassis and it does not have any memory in itself.

It is sup which is having DRAM and FLASH. So as you mentioned you are upgrading to SUP2+ it is very well supported in 4503 chassis and you can simpl insert the sup in the chassis.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps4324/ps4332/index.html

Now when you insert the line card we have to see if the image running on your sup which is sup2+ supports the line card that you have or not.

HTH

ANkur

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ankbhasi
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Hi Friend,

As you mentioned you have 4503 with 64 MB DRAM but this statement is bit wrong because 450 is a chassis and it does not have any memory in itself.

It is sup which is having DRAM and FLASH. So as you mentioned you are upgrading to SUP2+ it is very well supported in 4503 chassis and you can simpl insert the sup in the chassis.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps4324/ps4332/index.html

Now when you insert the line card we have to see if the image running on your sup which is sup2+ supports the line card that you have or not.

HTH

ANkur

*Pls rate all helpfull post

Thank you very much, I get your drift. Thanks

Thanks

jcoke
Level 3
Level 3

Get the part numbers of your line cards and cross reference them against the release notes for the current IOS release:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst4500/release/note/OL_5184.html#wp16938

As you mentioned the SUP II+ is an IOS sup and you'll need to convert your CATOS config to IOS:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_tech_note09186a0080816fbc.shtml

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