[nsp] PA-MC-T3 and 7206 non-VXR

[Greg Steele]

Works fine:

IOS (tm) 7200 Software (C7200-P-M), Version 12.0(25)S1, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

xxxx uptime is 28 weeks, 5 days, 3 hours, 32 minutes

cisco 7206 (NPE225) processor with 245760K/16384K bytes of memory.
R527x CPU at 262Mhz, Implementation 40, Rev 10.0, 2048KB L2 Cache
6 slot midplane, Version 1.3

Last reset from power-on
X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
Primary Rate ISDN software, Version 1.1.
1 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
28 Serial network interface(s)
2 ATM network interface(s)
1 Channelized T3 port(s)
125K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.

...Greg

On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 10:11:44AM -0600, Adam Maloney wrote:
> I have a customer that is buying a 7206 (non-VXR) with an NPE-200 and
> wants an MC-T3 in it.
> 
> His cisco reseller says that the card only works in VXR chassis that
> have an NPE-300 or better.  The reseller says they've talked to a few
> different "experts" and they are all confirming that this card won't
> work with that chassis.
> 
> My reseller says it will work, and this page:
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps2033/products_module_installation_guide_chapter09186a00801125e5.html
> 
> Seems to be saying it will work as well (relevant text quoted below).
> 
> Is anyone actually using one of these in a non-VXR chassis and can
> confirm that it does indeed work?  I appreciate any insight or
> experience that anyone has.
> 
> 
> In the Cisco 7200 series routers and the uBR7200 series universal
> broadband routers, the PA-MC-T3 and network processor memory
> configurations include the following:
>       * NPE-150 (150-MHz network processor)—1 MB of SRAM and up to 128
>         MB of DRAM
>       * NPE-200 (200-MHz network processor)—4 MB of SRAM and up to 128
>         MB of DRAM
> 
>   * In the Cisco 7204VXR and Cisco 7206VXR routers, the PA-MC-T3and
>     network processor memory configuration require the NPE-300 (262-MHz
>     network processor)—64 MB to 256 MB of synchronous DRAM (SDRAM)
> 
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