Switch Overview - Cisco 7604 Configuration Manual

Configuring the Switch for the Firewall Services
Module
This chapter describes how to configure the Catalyst 6500 series switch or the Cisco 7600 series router
for use with the FWSM. Before completing the procedures in this chapter, configure the basic properties
of your switch, including assigning VLANs to interfaces, according to the documentation that came with
your switch.
This chapter includes the following sections:
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Switch Overview

You can install the FWSM in the Catalyst 6500 series switches or the Cisco 7600 series routers. The
configuration of both series is identical, and the series are referred to generically in this guide as the
"switch." The switch includes a switch (the supervisor engine) as well as a router (the MSFC).
The switch supports Cisco IOS software on both the switch supervisor engine and the integrated MSFC
router.
The Catalyst operating system software is not supported.
Note
The FWSM runs its own operating system.
Because the FWSM runs its own operating system, upgrading the Cisco IOS software does not affect the
Note
operation of the FWSM.
See the
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Firewall Services Module Configuration Guide using ASDM
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Switch Overview, page 2-1
Verifying the Module Installation, page 2-2
Assigning VLANs to the Firewall Services Module, page 2-2
Adding Switched Virtual Interfaces to the MSFC, page 2-4
Customizing the FWSM Internal Interface, page 2-8
Configuring the Switch for Failover, page 2-9
Managing the Firewall Services Module Boot Partitions, page 2-10
"Using the MSFC" section on page 1-6
C H A P T E R
for more information about the MSFC.
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