[c-nsp] CatOS recommendation?

[Jeff Chan]

We have a small and non-current assortment of different Cisco
hardware that is generally working adequately for us, but we want
to upgrade our 7513 RSP4 IOS to 12.2(25)S1 (rsp-pv-mz.122-25.S1.bin)
mainly in order to finally get rid of the PA-MC-2T3 counter bug.
(For that matter, is that a good IOS version for the kind of
light, generic use that I outline below?)

What version of CatOS would anyone suggest running on our 5500
with Sup Is to go along with that?  Memory looks fairly standard
on the show version:

WS-C5500 Software, Version McpSW: 5.5(12a) NmpSW: 5.5(12a)
Copyright (c) 1995-2002 by Cisco Systems
NMP S/W compiled on Feb  6 2002, 21:39:30
MCP S/W compiled on Feb 06 2002, 21:42:41

System Bootstrap Version: 5.1(2)

Hardware Version: 1.3  Model: WS-C5500  Serial #: 069029826

Mod Port Model      Serial #  Versions
--- ---- ---------- --------- ----------------------------------------
1   2    WS-X5509   018490109 Hw : 3.8
                              Fw : 5.1(2)
                              Fw1: 4.3(1)
                              Sw : 5.5(12a)
         WS-F5511   019515093 Hw : 1.1
2   2    WS-X5509   013397458 Hw : 2.8
                              Fw : 5.1(2)
                              Fw1: 4.3(1)
                              Sw : 5.5(12a)
         WS-F5511   013413869 Hw : 1.1
3   24   WS-X5225R  012112056 Hw : 3.1
                              Fw : 4.3(1)
                              Sw : 5.5(12a)
4   24   WS-X5013   012778308 Hw : 1.3
                              Fw : 2.3(1)
                              Sw : 5.5(12a)
5   48   WS-X5012A  028392443 Hw : 1.1
                              Fw : 4.2(1)
                              Sw : 5.5(12a)
6   48   WS-X5012A  028392501 Hw : 1.1
                              Fw : 4.2(1)
                              Sw : 5.5(12a)
7   48   WS-X5012A  028392440 Hw : 1.1
                              Fw : 4.2(1)
                              Sw : 5.5(12a)
8   48   WS-X5012A  028392462 Hw : 1.1
                              Fw : 4.2(1)
                              Sw : 5.5(12a)
11  1    WS-X5302   028995067 Hw : 7.7
                              Fw : 20.22
                              Fw1: 3.1(1)
                              Sw : 12.2(23a)
12  12   WS-X5213   001898717 Hw : 1.2
                              Fw : 1.4
                              Sw : 5.5(12a)

       DRAM                    FLASH                   NVRAM
Module Total   Used    Free    Total   Used    Free    Total Used  Free
------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ----- ----- -----
1       32768K  15673K  17095K   8192K   7680K    512K  256K  199K   57K


We should almost certainly upgrade to Sup IIs or more, but our
traffic is low enough that the Sup I is really not too busy
at current or foreseeable levels.

Also we're not doing anything tricky or bleeding edge on our
network.  About the hardest we may try pushing it is to do MLPPP
on some T-1s.  Otherwise we're doing external and internal BGP,
FE PortChannels, VTP VLANs (should go Dot1Q for sure), etc.

TIA for any suggestions/advice,

Jeff C.
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Jeff Chan
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http://www.supranet.net/