[[nsp] VIP4 + gigE port adapter]

[Dennis Dubbelman]

Hi,

A GEIP+ module is based on a VIP4/80 (http://www.cisco.com/warp/customer/63/vip_crash.html). The Geip+ module is identified by (0x40) and the VIP4/80 by (0x22).

We've got PA-GE running in a Vip2/50. In the sh diag you see the difference, but the module is working oke.

----
Slot 2:
        Physical slot 2, ~physical slot 0xD, logical slot 2, CBus 0
        Microcode Status 0x4
        Master Enable, LED, WCS Loaded
        Board is analyzed 
        Pending I/O Status: None
        EEPROM format version 1
        GEIP controller, FRU: GEIP=, HW rev 2.02, board revision C0
        Serial number: 14987057  Part number: 73-2167-05
        Test history: 0x00        RMA number: 00-00-00
        Flags: cisco 7000 board; 7500 compatible

        EEPROM contents (hex):
          0x20: 01 21 02 02 00 E4 AF 31 49 08 77 05 00 00 00 00
          0x30: 60 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

        Slot database information:
        Flags: 0x4      Insertion time: 0x4234 (7w1d ago)

        Controller Memory Size: 128 MBytes DRAM, 8192 KBytes SRAM

        PA Bay 0 Information:
                Gigabit-Ethernet PA, 1 ports, FRU: PA-GE=
                EEPROM format version 1
                HW rev 1.00, Board revision A0
                Serial number: 11191195  Part number: 73-3144-03
----

The major problem is that I think that you don't get TAC support when you are running  against bugs upon this implementation. The only supported Gigabit Ethernet implementations are based upon GEIP / GEIP+ !

/Dennis Dubbelman

-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Smith [mailto:joshua.ej.smith at usa.net]
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 6:51 PM
To: warner at cats.UCSC.EDU; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [[nsp] VIP4 + gigE port adapter]


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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