Cisco Systems Catalyst 6500 Sup2T New ACL Dry-Run and Atomic Commit Verification

Access Control List or ACL are important tools in the configuration and customization of network attributes, especially with the Catalyst 6500. In the Catalyst 6500 upgrade with Sup2T, the TCAM has been both increased and its architecture improved. For ACL, a major concern was the lack of visibility of TCAM overflows when new ACL scripts were submitted, disrupting network operation. Therefore, Cisco developed the ACL Dry Run and ACL Atomic Commit to mitigate this scenario. To verify ACL improvements, we use ACL Dry-Run to assure that the TCAM would not overflow, and then implement the changes safely with ACL Atomic-commit; assuring no network interruption. It's a great short video that verifies how useful these new tools are in ACL management.

Download "A Comprehensive Testing of Cisco Systems Catalyst 6500 Sup2T" report here. http://lippisreport.com/?p=5455

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• cisco systems
• ACL
• QoS
• Management Technology
• enterprise networking
• campus networking
• catalyst 6500
• sup2T

[diabolical88]

Like the video. The music is OK to start the video but you need to phase it out after the first ten seconds. It becomes distracting.