6500 SUP720 Modular IOS? Suceess?

[emilyharris]

We are about two weeks away from upgrading a 6509 - replacing a SUP1A with a SUP720-3B. I'm faced with the choice between classic IOS and the new modular IOS flavor.

I'm wondering if anyone has deployed the modular IOS in a production environment. Have the results been positive? Does anyone think modular IOS is truly ready for production deployment?

Any thoughts/experienc would be appreciated.

Thank you!

[amit-singh]

Hi Friend,

I would recommend to go for IOS modularity as it has the process patching feature. You dont have to go for complete IOS software upgrade in case of a single process failure.

I know some of the customers who have deployed the IOS modularity and has been going good so far.

Please check the link for more info on 6500 modularity.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_promotion0900aecd80312844.html

HTH, Please rate if it does.

-amit singh

[emilyharris]

Thanks for the input. I'd still like to hear from anyone on this board who has actually implemented it - anyone out there tried it with success?

Thanks,

EMILY

[mccourgf]

We have been upgrading over the past few months here in ny from sup1a to sup720. so far 4 core routers have been done and 2 distribution routers. preping for Qos soon. no more set commands or session 15 Yeah.

[sethgarnar]

We have the modular code running on our production 6513 for the past two weeks with no issues. Our network has about 14k users on at any given time, so I would say this new code is ready for deployment.