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High Availability for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches

Overview This paper is based on the hybrid software model for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series (Cisco Catalyst OS on the supervisor engine, Cisco IOS Software on the MSFC) and not on the Cisco IOS Software model (native Cisco IOS Software). All feature set references will be specifically described as a Cisco Catalyst OS feature on a supervisor engine or a Cisco IOS Software feature on an MSFC.

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Publisher	Cisco Systems	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	December 2002	Downloads	13
Format	White Papers
Topics	Switching, High Availability, Systems Integration, OS Interoperability

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