6500 VSS and VPN (IPSEC-3) port adapter

[clpaul]

From what I have found the VPN (WS-IPSEC-3) port adapter (on a WS-SSC-600) is not supported if you decide to turn the 6509-E into a VSS system.  Is this correct?  Thanks!

[Jerry Ye]

It is not supported as of now. You might want to contact your Cisco sales team about future roadmap.

Regards,

jerry

[canero]

Hello,

Need the same information for a VSS design (for IPSEC-2G card), but still could not find information about whether it is/will be supported or not. Could you get any information from Cisco sales team about the roadmap?

Best Regards,

[cliffgoniea]

Here is what we have recently been able to achieve:

We have two sets of VSS 6509s with WAN interconnectivity between them over a microwave radio.

We have one SSC-600 and one IPSEC-3 module in each of the four (4) chassis.

We are encrypting all traffic that traverses the WAN connection.

Our problem: We can only specify the use of one IPSEC module or the other in each of the VSSs. If the chassis that has the in-use IPSEC module goes down, we will lose all connectivity.

Does anyone know the path I should take to enable the redundancy of the IPSEC modules?

Thanks!

Cliff