VSS between sites?

roger perkin · ‎11-10-2011

I have been asked to research running VSS between 2 6509's between 2 sites?

I am just going through the whitepapers and need to establish the link requirements for such a setup.

Is it a valid setup?

Thanks

Roger

Latchum Naidu · ‎11-10-2011

Hi Roger,

First of all the Cisco VSS for 6500 series allows for the combination of two switches into a single, logical network entity from the network control-plane and management perspectives. To the neighboring devices, the Cisco Virtual Switching System appears as a single, logical switch

So as per above the two switches needs to be connected back to back and will be appear and manage as a single logical switch.

But in your case you are saying VSS between two different sites (i guess two geographical locations). Is that what you are trying to achieve?

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Naidu.

Latchum Naidu · ‎11-10-2011

Hi Roger,

You may refer the below link.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps9336/prod_qas0900aecd806ed74b.html

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Naidu.