[c-nsp] X6708-10G-3C compatible with 7604 chassis?

Justin fourzerofour at gmail.com
Fri Mar 21 08:56:09 EDT 2014


It will power up and default to 3C if you insert the card and reboot the
7600.


On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Lobo <lobotiger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Even though the cards are not completely compatible for totals # of routes
> (3C vs 3CXL) the system should default to the lowest card but I would think
> that it would still power up the card and let it function normally.
>
> We're going to see about getting a 3CXL version of the 10G line card but
> the cooling issue has us concerned as well.  There appears to only be one
> version of the fan module for the 7604 so would that mean that you would
> need a 7606 as a minimum to provide enough cooling???
>
> Jose
>
>
>
> On 3/20/2014 4:41 PM, Pete Templin wrote:
>
>>
>> On 3/20/2014 1:23 PM, Lobo wrote:
>>
>>> xxxxxxx#sh module
>>> Mod  Sub-Module                  Model              Serial Hw Status
>>> ---- --------------------------- ------------------ ----------- -------
>>> -------
>>>   1  Policy Feature Card 3       7600-PFC3CXL-10GE  JAE14360195 1.2    Ok
>>>   2  Distributed Forwarding Card WS-F6700-DFC3C     SAL15129JJT 1.4
>>>  PwrDown
>>>
>>>  Here's your answer: incompatible xFC models.  You have a 3CXL
>> supervisor but a 3C DFC aboard the 10G card.  It won't power up when
>> inserted into a running system.
>>
>> Step 1: remove the module immediately.  If the device reloads <now>,
>> it'll reboot into 3C mode, which means insufficient FIB slots for a full
>> table, and that's Bad News(tm).
>>
>> Step 2: get a WS-F6700-DFC3CXL and replace the -DFC3C.
>>
>> Step 3: reinsert the card.
>>
>> pt
>>
>>
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