Re: [nsp] 7500 trouble

From: José Domínguez (jad@network-services.uoregon.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 07 2001 - 14:10:23 EST


> I'm building a 7500 and have run into trouble with a few of the VIP2-50's
> we bought with it. 2 of them are identified as GEIP's rather than
> VIP2-50's. I did some asking around on #cisco and was told that they
> probably really are GEIP's, as GEIP's are basically modified VIP2-50's.
>

This is affirmaive ...

> If that's the case, would they still have VIP2-50 labels next to their
> handles? Is there any way to visually tell the two items apart other than
> the EEPROM contents? Is there any way to force them to be VIP2-50's
> (alter the EEPROM), or do I need to return them and find more VIP2-50's?
>

Yes, they would still have the VIP2-50 labeland the only way to tell
them apart is installing them and checking the diagbus. I'm not
aware of any way to change the identity (if that's what you want to
call it). I have a bunch of those GEIP and am ready to replace them.

José.

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