RE: [nsp] 7204VXR Memory Question

From: KF (kf@reign.sk)
Date: Mon Jan 28 2002 - 17:11:53 EST


Hi,

> Folks,
> Got a new toy (7204VXR with all the goodies) to replace my
> 3640 router.
> Call me a weenie, but this is now the biggest Cisco I've played with.

;-) everybody started somehow... I can remember my first Cisco 4000.. that was power compared to the 2500...

>
> I am having a little trouble understanding something with it though:
> output of show ver shows ~115MB of memory available. sh proc mem only
> shows 80MB Total. I know in the 3640 there was the
> memory-size command
> to partition off I/O memory, but I can't seem to find an equivalent in
> the 7204.

It's not possible at 7200 series... :-.

>
> Should the memory difference of 35M be logical? Can I bring
> that down a
> tad? (The router is only using a DS3 Serial, 4 DS1 Serials, and 2 FE
> interfaces, running 12.2(4)T1.)

Images are compressed (pax) ... some of them for 7200 unpacked have round about 45 MB... so therefore you missing "some" memory..

alex

>
> Thanks for any help/insight into memory reporting differences.
>
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