[nsp] Re: Newbie Cisco upgrade question, apologies in advance

[Robert E. Seastrom]

Gert Doering <gert at greenie.muc.de> writes:

> hi,
> 
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 01:26:14AM -0500, Andrew W. Smith wrote:
> > 7200. The 3600s and 7200s can be fairly cheaply upgraded to 256Mb of RAM.
> 
> Watch out!  Only the 3660 can take 256Mb, the 3640 stops at 128Mb.

And while we're at it, 7200s can only be upgraded to 256mb if they
have an NPE-225 or higher.  NPE-225 and down can be used in non-VXR
7200s; NPE-200 and up can be used in VXRs.  Given that the NPE-225 is
the only processor that works in a non-VXR 7200 and goes beyond 128m,
the odds that a randomly-selected non-VXR 7200 can go to 256m are
fairly slim.

Some network processing engines can go beyond 256m (NPE-400, NPE-G1).
These cards can only be used in the VXR.

                                        ---rob