[nsp] Distributed Forwarding Daughter Cards on 65XX

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> Does anyone here have WS-F6K-DFCs installed on their linecards?

6816 which comes with the DFC, yes. I assume 6516 with additional
DFC would behave the same way.

> If so, does the WS-F6K-DFC show up in the "sub-module" output from
> "show module"?

Yes:

Mod Ports Card Type                              Model              Serial No.
--- ----- -------------------------------------- ------------------ -----------
  3   16  Pure SFM-mode 16 port 1000mb GBIC      WS-X6816-GBIC      SAD0510076P

Mod Sub-Module                  Model           Serial           Hw     Status
--- --------------------------- --------------- --------------- ------- -------
  3 Distributed Forwarding Card WS-F6K-DFC      SAD051407ZC      2.0    Ok


> Can they be CLI'ed into using the "remote login module <x>"
> command?  I would assume this would be the only way to identify the amount
> of memory installed onto the DFC daughter-card...

They can be CLI'ed to:

no-os-sw-oek3#remote login module 3
Trying Switch ...
Entering CONSOLE for Switch
Type "^C^C^C" to end this session

no-os-sw-oek3-dfc3#show hard
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) c6lc Software (c6lc-SPV-M), Version 12.1(13)E1, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
TAC Support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Copyright (c) 1986-2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 06-Nov-02 19:30 by eaarmas
Image text-base: 0x40020C00, data-base: 0x40880000

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.1(5r)E1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
BOOTLDR: c6lc Software (c6lc-SPV-M), Version 12.1(13)E1, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

no-os-sw-oek3 uptime is 26 weeks, 2 days, 20 hours, 3 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on
System restarted at 01:21:56 CET Mon Dec 30 2002
Running default software

cisco Cat6k-MSFC2 (R7000) processor with 227328K/34816K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID SAD051407ZC
R7000 CPU at 250Mhz, Implementation 39, Rev 2.1, 256KB L2, 1024KB L3 Cache
Last reset from power-on
X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
381K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.


Notice that it claims "Cat6k-MSFC2 (R7000) processor" - however, the
real MSFC2 on this box has 512 MB, so I'm sure that I'm really talking
to the DFC.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no