They were sold as VIP2-50's, so what made me realize there was a problem
was the bootup messages saying 1 VIP, 2 GEIP, and none of the PA-2T3
modules in the GEIP/VIP's were recognized.
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Daniel Golding wrote:
> The other solution is to look closely and see if there are square little
> holes for GBICs on the front. This is an easy tipoff that it's really a
> GEIP.
>
> :)
>
> Sorry, couldn't resist...
>
> Seriously, from what I could ever tell, there's no difference between the
> "VIP" part of a GBIC and a VIP-2/50. They appear to be identical. Have you
> tried sliding a PA into one of them?
>
> - Daniel Golding
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: José Domínguez [mailto:jad@network-services.uoregon.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 2:10 PM
> > To: jlewis@lewis.org
> > Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
> > Subject: Re: [nsp] 7500 trouble
> >
> >
> > > 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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