Hi Gert,
Basically all bets are off on which gets elected master and which
get's elected slave if you mix RSP8 with RSP2 or RSP4.
If a crash just occurred, that RSP which crashed will elect to be
the slave on the next boot. This is reliable. But on subsequent
boots or power cycles of the router, which RSP will elect to be
the master is not deterministic if mixed RSP8 and other RSPs
are used.
So for this reason we don't officially support mixed RSP8s
with other RSPs.
Thanks,
- John
Gert Doering wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> we're currently using a 7507 with an RSP4+RSP2 combo (RSP4 active, RSP2
> as fallback in case the RSP4 breaks). Works well.
>
> Now we're upgrading memory, and the RSP2 is maxed out with 128Mb - so
> we're considering installing an RSP8 instead of the RSP2, to get a
> RSP8+RSP4 combo.
>
> >From what I read on cco, this seems to be an unsupported combination, but
> it's never explicitely listed - the docs say "RSP8+RSP2 does not work",
> and they say "RSP8+RSP8 works, RSP4+RSP4 works", but nothing explictely
> about "RSP4+RSP8".
>
> Can someone shed light on it? Is it supported? "Might" it work? Is it a
> no-go?
>
> regards,
>
> Gert Doering
>
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