Brett, The answer is Bridge Groups... Take my GBE interfaces and bridge them to my atm interface. Lou Nelson, CCNP, CCDA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lou Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brett Frankenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "work" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 12:25 AM Subject: Re: 8540 > Brett, > That is about 50% there... > Here is the point. (most of this is fact there are exceptions but the point > is the same) > Today I have 5 Ls1015 (5500) in an OC-12 Backbone (in a circle and Meshed) > Attached to the Ls1015 are 20 Lane blades attached at OC-3 to 5509 and 5500s > From the 5509s there some 100+ switches connected ethernet or fe > 3 7507 ATM attached have ATM subinterfaces (HSRP For each Class C > separately) > Elans are mapped to the Vlans in the switches > 2 Lane blades contain the LECS (Primary and Backup) > > Okay > > I am replacing one of the LS1010s, and 7507 with an 8540 > I am replacing 1 5509 with a 6509 > I am adding another 30 6509s to new parts of the network > > I intend on 3 (3 with MSFC engines) of the 6509s to GBE up to the 8540 with > secondary links to a 5500 (LS inside) to a GBE Sup IIIG port > From those 2 new 6509s all the other 6509s will attach (the third will be > the server farm) > many of the VLANS/Class C subnet in the new areas are also in the rest of > the network > > Now the point > The GBE interface on the 8540 is a routed interface... Since The 8540 > interface will contain the primary link and the also have an ATM interface > > Suppose I have > 7507 (1) 130.40.15.2 Standby 130.40.15.1 > 7507 (2) 130.40.15.3 Standby 130.40.15.1 > 7507 (3) 130.40.15.4 Standby 130.40.15.1 > > Now the 7507 (3) is the one I am replacing > > In the 8540 > on g9/0/0 I can put 130.40.15.4 Standby 130.40.15.1 > but on the ATM interface... I have only played with this and have not > thought it all the way through > Hence, I was hoping to see a couple of configs for the 8540 to get all my > thoughts... thought out > > Since I run Cisco only I will stay with the ISL, and daaa I never even > tried to do the subinterface on the g9/0/0 > That makes perfect sense... > Today was the first day I fired up the 6509 and 8540 and I was able to do > the Lane, ATM, Eigrp, and anything on the 6509 without a hitch.... the only > stumbling point was that sub interface > Thanks for the starter... I would love any other conf info you could pass > along... Any caveats on the IOS versions? > > Ps I added my work E-mail > > Thanks > Lou > > -- > > Lou Nelson, CCNP, CCDA > > > "Brett Frankenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > In article <NQc35.50004$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Lou Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I am replacing a 7507, LS1010, and 5509 (w/ a lane blade) > > >with an 8540 and a 6509 > > >The 6509 will gbe uplink to the 8540 and will have a secondary link to a > > >5500 gbe port > > >The GBE interface on the 8540 is a routed interface so this presents some > > >challenges I have not worked before in that I run multiple VLAN and ELANS > > >across my network and with the replacement of the lane and putting the > HSRP > > >address on the 8540 I must ensure the 6509 vlans gateways can be reached > > >either thru the GBE routed interface or thru the 5500 lane attached back > to > > >the other 7507s I have in the network.... IF ANYONE HAS ANY SAMPLE 8540 > > >configs they could send my way... I would MOST appreciate. > > > > I have four 8540s in production. What are you looking for? > > > > Are you saying the 5500 and 6509 are doing layer 2 only, and you want > > the 8540 and the 7507 (via LANE) to be the default gateway for the > > devices on the 6509's VLANs? If so, then you will need the 8540 to > > have a Layer 3 interface in each of the 6509's VLANs, with some form of > > tagging (either ISL or 802.1q) on the trunk between the 6509 and the > > 8540. Something like the following: > > int gi0/0/0 > > int gi0/0/0.1 > > description VLAN 1 > > encapsulation dot1q 1 > > ip address 10.0.1.254 255.255.255.0 > > int gi0/0/0.2 > > description VLAN 2 > > encapsulation dot1q 2 > > ip address 10.0.2.254 255.255.255.0 > > The 8540 doesn't play any of Cisco's trunk negotiation games, so on the > > 6509 end, you'll need to make the trunk non-negotiable, and configure > > it to always trunk, and to use 802.1q. (Or ISL -- either will work, as > > long as you configure both ends the same). > > > > -- Brett > > > ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]