[c-nsp] Main differences between 7206 & 7206VXR

[Babak Farrokhi]

12.3 works just find on non-VXR chassis. AFAIK, the biggest difference
between the VXR and non-VXR is that VXR comes with two PCI bus while
non-VXR has only one.

You'll find more information on this subject in "Inside Cisco IOS
Software Architecture" book from ciscopress
(http://www.ciscopress.com/title/1578701813).

On 4/26/05, Ryan O'Connell <ryan at complicity.co.uk> wrote:
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> On 25/04/2005 16:35, Lucas Iglesias wrote:
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> | We are about to buy a used 7206 (at a very cheap prize), but my
> | experience with them is limited to the VXR series. As I've looked
> | in the CCO docs, the main difference between the 7206 and the
> | 7206VXR is the support for TDM & Voice capabilities (to be
> | connected directly to a PBX, etc). On that regard, the 7206 is
> | useful for us since we won't need it for that purposes. But anyway,
> | I have a couple of doubts: 1- Is that really the only difference?
> | 2- Does them support the same Image? 3- Will the 7206 support a
> | PA-8E1 anyway? (to be used in ds0 groups as serial interfaces)
> 
> The VXR has a faster bus and will take faster processors - with a
> non-VXR you are extremely limited as you will struggle increasingly to
> get bugfixed software as the chassis is no longer officially
> supported. You're also limited to processing engines that won't take
> enough RAM for a full internet routing table for much longer.
> 
> Deploying one on less-critical parts of an enterprise network would be
> OK, I would hesitate to deploy one on any internet-facing portion of a
> suervice provider network as if a vulnerability is found and exploited
> you may be unable to resolve it.
> 
> I'm not sure what a PA-8E1 is so I don't know if it'll work in a
> non-VXR chassis, but if you mean the PA-8T or similar then yes,
> they're supported.
> 
> - --
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> <ryan at complicity.co.uk> - http://www.complicity.co.uk
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> I'm not losing my mind, no I'm not changing my lines,
> I'm just learning new things with the passage of time
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