Cisco CAT6500 IOS Simulator

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Hi there,

Anyone know a way of simulate a Cisco CAT6500 IOS?

We're trying to deploy a lab of our production environment.

Thanks in advance,
Carlos.

2

Hi John,

Thanks for your answer but, as far as I know, with GNS3 we can't run a CAT6500 IOS.

Any alternative?

Cheers,
Carlos.

3

Ebay.

Nick

4

Hi Nick,

Thanks for your answer. We'll take it into proper consideration.

Any other alternatives?

Cheers,
Carlos.

5

Not supported:
http://www.gns3.net/hardware-emulated/

-Hank

6

NO.

There is no method. Go to Ebay and buy one. Sorry. Or if you are a big enough customer you can ask Cisco to mock up your solution in one of their labs.

-Hammer-

"I was a normal American nerd"
-Jack Herer

7

Hi Carlos

Let me know offline what hardware you need.

Regards

Abdul

8

Hi Hammer,

Thanks for your answer. That was pretty much what I was thinking.

Thanks to all the offers I've received off-line :).

Best regards,
Carlos.

9

I'm sure that virtualizing the sup would be possible. But having to come up with all the line cards would be a nightmare. I'd love for someone Internal to tell me I'm wrong but until we can get a 3560 or a 3750X on Dynamips I wouldn't push for a 6500 or a Nexus.

-Hammer-

"I was a normal American nerd"
-Jack Herer

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- -Hammer- wrote:

I'm sure that virtualizing the sup would be possible. But having to come up
with all the line cards would be a nightmare. I'd love for someone Internal
to tell me I'm wrong but until we can get a 3560 or a 3750X on Dynamips I
wouldn't push for a 6500 or a Nexus.

What functionality of the 6500 are you looking for? If you want hardware
specifics like QoS queues and such, that is unlikely. If you are looking
for platform independent things like spanning tree, port channels, layer 3
functionality, etc, there may be a solution forthcoming from Cisco.

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