[c-nsp] non-VXR 7200 and 12.3

[Rodney Dunn]

What version of 12.3?

When you talk about release numbers give the entire thing.

On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 10:50:22AM -0700, Michael wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> We have many 7206 non vxr with npe-150/128MB booted up and working with 12.3
> and 12.2T without any problem at all.  So far so good, but don't know how,
> why it work, but it work.  Will find out, if i can find something.
> 
> If we need what need to be done with these routers, as they are doing a
> great job for our needs, then no need to upgrade to VXR.  We do have vxr for
> certain things, but not everytime.  just my 2 cent.
> 
> Michael,
> 
> Tech Support
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net]On Behalf Of Ed Ravin
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 3:51 PM
> To: Robert Boyle
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] non-VXR 7200 and 12.3
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 06:07:40PM -0400, Robert Boyle wrote:
> > At 12:02 PM 4/25/2005, you wrote:
> > >On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 12:35:51PM -0300, Lucas Iglesias wrote:
> > >> We are about to buy a used 7206 (at a very cheap prize), but my
> > >experience
> > >> with them is limited to the VXR series.
> > >
> > >> 2- Does them support the same Image?
> > >
> > >No.  The non-VXR boxes won't boot anything later than 12.2T.  If you
> don't
> > >need anything later than that, they will serve you well.
> >
> > I've never heard that. We run 12.3 on a couple of our 7200 non-VXR boxes.
> > Same images. They are great for edge boxes. You are limited to the
> > unobtainable NPE-225 if you want 256MB of RAM and you can never have more
> > than that since the NPE-400/G1 are not supported in the non VXR chassis.
> 
> We couldn't get our NPE-150 box (128 MB) to boot anything past
> 12.2T.  Here's what it said:
> 
>   00:00:05: %SYS-3-LOGGER_FLUSHING: System pausing to ensure console
> debugging
> output.
> 
>   %SYS-4-CONFIG_NEWER: Configuration from version 12.2 may not be correctly
> understood
>   *Feb 14 11:30:54: %SYS-3-LOGGER_FLUSHING: System pausing to ensure
> console
> debugging output.
> 
>   %SYS-6-BOOT_MESSAGES: Messages above this line are from the boot loader.
>   Self decompressing the image :
> ############################################################################
> ############################################################################
> ############################################################################
> #
> [OK]
> 
>   *** Illegal Opcode Exception ***
>   PC = 0x808993a8, Cause = 0x28, Status Reg = 0x34400002
> 
>   monitor: command "boot" aborted due to exception
> 
> 
> as soon as the image was loaded.
> 
> And someone in Cisco told us we were out of luck.  If you can tell us
> otherwise I'd be very interested.
> 
> 	-- Ed
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