[c-nsp] Growing BGP tables

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 10:19:48AM -0500, Jared Mauch wrote:
> > NPE-225 and NPE-300 can only go to 256 Mb (at least that's what
> > documented), so the unlucky owners of these will need to get NPEs, and
> > in some cases, new VXR chassis (NPE-225 sitting in non-VXRs).
> 
> 	FYI: i've tried putting a 512m in the NPE-225, it doesn't work.

Thanks for the test.

I tried 256 Mb DIMMs in a NPE-300 today, and the result is "interesting":

 - Slot 2: 256 Mb DIMM, Slot 3: empty
     -> Router boots, has 256 Mb DRAM, everything seems "normal"

 - Slot 2: 256 Mb DIMM, Slot 3: 128 or 256 Mb DIMM
     -> Boot ROM never reaches the point of printing the initial memory
	size ("C7200 platform with X Kbytes of main memory")

 - Slot 2: <anything>, Slot 3: 256 Mb DIMM
     -> Boot ROM complains that "Slot 2 DIMM must be bigger than Slot 3"
	(as usual)
	
In short: while the fact that 256 Mb "with a single DIMM" works is 
interesting, any combination "NPE-300 with more than 256 Mb" does NOT
work.

gert

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