[[nsp] VIP4 + gigE port adapter]

[Arie Vayner]

GEIP+ is a VIP4/80 with PA-GE:

Slot 10:
        Physical slot 10, ~physical slot 0x5, logical slot 10, CBus 0
        Microcode Status 0x4
        Master Enable, LED, WCS Loaded
A        Board is analyzed
        Pending I/O Status: None
        EEPROM format version 1
        VIP4-80 RM7000 controller, FRU: VIP4-80, HW rev 2.02, board 
revision A0
        Flags: cisco 7000 board; 7500 compatible


        Controller Memory Size: 128 MBytes CPU SDRAM, 64 MBytes Packet 
SDRAM

        PA Bay 0 Information:
                Gigabit-Ethernet PA(Dual-Wide), 1 ports, FRU: PA-GE
                EEPROM format version 4
                HW rev 0.02, Board revision A0

Arie



On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Joshua Smith wrote:

> i don't have the link handy (and the person who does is out of the 
> office today), but i was told that the vip4/80 didn't support ge/ip+
> interfaces...i may be recalling the conversation wrong, but i think
> you have to use a vip6/80 (either that, or that was the excuse that
> they gave here to upgrade to the 6/80 ;) )
> 
> i will try to find the documentation
> 
> joshua
> 
> 
> warner at cats.UCSC.EDU wrote:
> > My entrance router is a 7507 with a GE/IP+ and a SONET
> > OC-12 on a VIP4-80. It also has another VIP4-80 that 
> > hosts a pair of PA-FE-TX adapters.   Our SONET connection 
> > will soon be disappearing in favor of Gig-E services.  
> > I'd be interested in keeping the ol' 7507 around, 
> > especially if I could convert the VIP4-80 to the 
> > equivalent of another GE/IP+ for the cost of a PA-GE 
> > port adapter.
> > 
> > Does anyone know if I can do that?  I'm aware of the
> > performance limitations of the 7507 backplane.  My
> > question is whether I can pop out the OC-12 port adapter
> > and replace it with a PA-GE.  Has anyone done this and 
> > gotten it to work?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > 
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