Category: Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series
iperf3 results between Chelsio T6225-CR and Intel X710-DA4
I ran two iperf3 tests between two hosts using Chelsio T6225-CR and Intel X710-DA4, respectively. Both NICs are connected to the supervisor interfaces on a Sup8E in a Cisco Catalyst 4500E chassis. Wirespeed is 10 Gbit/s.
Read More → iperf3 results between Chelsio T6225-CR and Intel X710-DA4Using QoS for blocking BitTorrent on Catalyst 4500E Sup8E
NBAR2 on Sup8E can assist in blocking BitTorrent. While somewhat useful, BitTorrent is mostly used for downloading pirated movies, and BitTorrent off someone’s ADSL line is usually dead slow. Create a class map and a policy map as shown below, and attach that policy map to your ingress interfaces, and BitTorrent should be blocked. class-map […]
Read More → Using QoS for blocking BitTorrent on Catalyst 4500E Sup8EIPv6 RDNSS and DNSSL on Cisco IOS XE
The official documentation on Cisco IOS XE for Catalyst 4500E claims this is the syntax for specifying IPv6 RDNSS and DNSSL: Switch(config)# interface Te1/1 Switch(config‑if)# ipv6 nd ra dns server 4::4 Switch(config‑if)# ipv6 nd ra dns search list aaa.cc.com Using IOS XE 3.10.0E, the correct syntax for DNSSL is: Switch(config)# interface Te1/1 Switch(config‑if)# ipv6 nd ra dns server 4::4 Switch(config‑if)# ipv6 nd ra dns‑search‑list domain aaa.cc.com Sadly, the quality of Cisco’s documentation isn’t what it was back in 2006.
Read More → IPv6 RDNSS and DNSSL on Cisco IOS XECisco Catalyst 9400 Series
Cisco’s Catalyst 9400 Series introduced this summer do look promising, but it’s still missing a few highlights: Complete support for redundant supervisors; unavailable according to the release notes dated July 31, 2017 The supervisor module (hardware) supports redundancy, but the software does not. The associated route processor redundancy (RPR) and stateful switchover (SSO) features are […]
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