Upgrade Catalyst 6500

[MKERKACHE]

Hello,

We have  Catlayst 6506, which is alreaday in end of life , we are looking if there is any way to to be upgrde , below the version

 Version : 8.1(3)

Thanks ,

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi,

That is not the version of IOS you are running.  If you want to see the version you are running, the command is "sh ver" or "sh ver | inc bin" should give you the exact version.

It should look like something like this:

72033-ipservicesk9_wan-vz.122-33.SXI3.bin

HTH

[MKERKACHE]

HI,

Below the result of show version command

WS-C6506 Software, Version NmpSW: 8.1(3)

System Bootstrap Version: 7.1(1)
System Boot Image File is 'bootflash:cat6000-sup2k9.8-1-3.bin'
System Configuration register is 0x2102

Hardware Version: 3.0
Model WS-C6506

Mod Port Model Serial # Versions
--- ---- ------------------- ----------- --------------------------------------
1 2 WS-X6K-SUP2-2GE SAL0747PYYY Hw : 4.4
Fw : 7.1(1)
Fw1: 6.1(3)
Sw : 8.1(3)
Sw1: 8.1(3)
WS-X6K-SUP2-2GE SAL0747PYYY Hw : 4.4
Sw :
2 2 WS-X6K-SUP2-2GE SAL0732J1Y2 Hw : 4.4
Fw : 7.1(1)
Fw1: 6.1(3)
Sw : 8.1(3)
Sw1: 8.1(3)
WS-X6K-SUP2-2GE SAL0732J1Y2 Hw : 4.4
Sw :
3 16 WS-X6516-GBIC SAL0744NX99 Hw : 5.5
Fw : 6.3(1)
Sw : 8.1(3)
4 16 WS-X6516-GE-TX SAL0748Q5DB Hw : 2.5
Fw : 6.3(1)
Sw : 8.1(3)
6 48 WS-X6548-GE-TX SAL1011FUP6 Hw : 10.2
Fw : 7.2(1)
Sw : 8.1(3)
15 1 WS-F6K-MSFC2 SAL0747PTPD Hw : 2.5
Fw : 12.1(19)E1
Sw : 12.1(19)E1
16 1 WS-F6K-MSFC2 SAL0747PTTB Hw : 2.5
Fw : 12.1(19)E1
Sw : 12.1(19)E1

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi,

This is a very old chassis and also sup. It does not appear that there are IOS versions of this chassis and sup.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/catalyst-6500-series-switches/tsd-products-support-series-home.html

HTH

[Leo Laohoo]

Oh dear.  

That's a legacy Sup2 running CatOS (not Cisco IOS).  

1.  The CatOS for Sup2 is no longer being published by Cisco; 

2.  If "someone" can share with you any later than what you have, what is the use?  What is the objective for upgrading the CatOS?  

I agree with Reza, I think someone needs to make the decision of upgrading the chassis, supervisor card and the line cards.  

[Philip D'Ath]

I'm going to guess even a low to mid-range switch will outperform your 6506.  Time to replace the whole thing.

[Joseph W. Doherty]

As Philip suggests, you would probably be better off replacing with a newer low to mid-range switch. If you've been happy with your 6506, a stackable switch might be a suitable replacement.

[MKERKACHE]

Hello Philip,

Thanks for your feedback, 

as we have another catalyst switch 6509, we want to creat VSS between them, this is why we are looking for best solution ethier to pruchase another one or if it possible to upgarde from catos to IOS, below the version of SW 6509

sh version

IOS (tm) s72033_rp Software (s72033_rp-PK9SV-M), Version 12.2(17d)SXB11, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(17r)S2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
BOOTLDR: s72033_rp Software (s72033_rp-PK9SV-M), Version 12.2(17d)SXB11, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

System image file is "sup-bootflash:s72033-pk9sv-mz.122-17d.SXB11.bin"

cisco WS-C6509 (R7000) processor (revision 3.2) with 458752K/65536K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID SAL09402108
SR71000 CPU at 600Mhz, Implementation 0x504, Rev 1.2, 512KB L2 Cache

Thanks for your help

[Leo Laohoo]

This supervisor card doesn't support VSS.