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4006 Cisco Switch Advice

utawakevou
Level 4
Level 4

We bought a 4006 switch with supervisor engine 2. I believe it is using CAT OS. This we want to change so that we use IOS instead of CAT OS. Is this possible ? If so, what will I need for the change ? here is the details of the modules we currently have on the 4006 switch

IOS

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Ios is cisco4000-k9.6.2.3

Memory

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DRAM FLASH NVRAM

Module Total Used Free Total Used Free Total Used Free

------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ----- ----- -----

1 65536K 33194K 32342K 16384K 5129K 11255K 480K 185K 295K

Flash

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ITC4006Switch# (enable) show flash

-#- ED --type-- --crc--- -seek-- nlen -length- -----date/time------ name

1 .. ffffffff 819038cc 4222c8 20 4072008 --- -- ---- --:--:-- cat4000-k9.6

-2-3.bin

11525432 bytes available (4072136 bytes used)

Module Description Serial Number

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WS-X4013 1000BaseX Supervisor JAB054109J2

WS-X4148-RJ45V 48 port 10/100/1000Base-T JAB064607SQ

Gigabit Ethernet

WS-X4448-GB- 48 port inline 10/100Base-TX JAB054704F2

RJ45 ports

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thisisshanky
Level 11
Level 11

I think this is not possible. You can run IOS only on Supervisor 3 and up.

Sankar Nair
UC Solutions Architect
Pacific Northwest | CDW
CCIE Collaboration #17135 Emeritus

Thanks for your inforamtion. Can I change from Supervisor engine 2 to supervisor engine 3 ? What sort of module/IOS will I need to buy ?

You'd need to buy a Supervisor 3 module to replace your Supervisor 2. Presumably the Sup3 will come with IOS installed.

You might want to consider Sup2 Plus which runs IOS as well

http://www.cisco.com/warp/customer/cc/pd/si/casi/ps4324/prodlit/c45su_ds.htm

Thanks for your useful link. Is there a way Cisco can replace the current module that we have or we have to do it with the reseller ? By the way what is the cost of this Supervisor Engine 2 Plus module ? and is there anything else that is needed to be replace on the 4006 switch or just simply remove the Supervisor Engine 2 module and replace it with the Engine 2 Plus module (Plug and Play)

glen.grant
VIP Alumni
VIP Alumni

I think the question becomes why do you think you need to run IOS versus Catos when the current setup runs all the hardware you have installed . Sounds like you could save yourself some money and just use what you have . If you are doing strictly layer2 stuff then I actually find Catos easier to work with .

Thanks for the good idea glen. The reason why we want to change to IOS is because we are familiar with IOS than CAT OS. All our current switches and routers use IOS. We also want to standardise to using IOS. Will there be conflict in configuration when we incoporate IOS and CAT OS ?

Catos is a different command set than the ios versions (actually easier once you know it) and there should not be a problem operational wise connecting back to a ios device , you just have to figure out what the paramters are on each side . CCO has a lot of examples on how to configure catos on one side to a ios device on the other side if that's what you are concerned about . Good luck.....

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