[c-nsp] Re: 512M RAM in NPE400 - known problem?

Vinny Abello vinny at tellurian.com
Wed Aug 31 02:00:27 EDT 2005


At 01:26 AM 8/31/2005, you wrote:
>Brian,
>
>On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 08:50:08AM -0700, Brian Lehigh wrote:
> > I just went through this about a week ago.  Yes, it is a known problem with
> > Cisco.  If you issue a "show c7200" look for the hardware revision in the
> > CPU section and the revision should be 1.1 (I believe).
>
>Hm, I _do_ have rev 1.1:
>
>C7206VXR CPU EEPROM:
>         Controller Type          : 504
>         Hardware Revision        : 1.1
>         Top Assy. Part Number    : 800-08136-02
>         PCB Part Number          : 73-5308-02
>         Board Revision           : D0
>         RMA History              : 00
>         Fab Version              : 02
>         Fab Part Number          : 28-4086-02
>         Product Identifier (PID) : NPE-400
>         Deviation Number         : 0-0
>
>Is 1.1 affected, or should that be the fixed revision?

Hmmm...

C7206VXR CPU EEPROM:
         Hardware Revision        : 1.0
         Top Assy. Part Number    : 800-08136-02
         Part Number              : 73-5308-02
         Board Revision           : B0
         PCB Serial Number        : 23267685
         RMA History              : 00
         Fab Version              : 02
         Fab Part Number          : 28-4086-02
         Product (FRU) Number     : NPE-400
         Deviation Number         : 0-0

cisco 7206VXR (NPE400) processor (revision A) with 491520K/32768K 
bytes of memory.
Processor board ID 16067591
R7000 CPU at 350MHz, Implementation 39, Rev 3.2, 256KB L2 Cache
6 slot VXR midplane, Version 2.0

uptime is 19 weeks, 1 day, 1 hour, 57 minutes

No problems here... This has been running like a champ for us. 30+Mb 
of traffic and 6 PAs of various types in the chassis... 12.3 mainline variant.

Vinny Abello
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