[c-nsp] Cisco 7301 and PA-2FE-TX

[Robert E.Seastrom]

"Elmar K. Bins" <elmi at 4ever.de> writes:

> Re Steve,
>
> steve.wright at visp.me.uk (Steve Wright) wrote:
>
>> I'm struggling to get a PA-2FE-TX/PA-2FEISL-TX working in a Cisco 7301. This
>> is supposedly supported, and I currently have the case open with TAC, but
>> just wanted to know if anyone else had managed to get this working in a
>> 7301?
>
> Non-ISL-cards work like a charm. I have eight boxes in the field that
> carry traffic on them. I remember hearing that the -ISL cards wouldn't
> do, though.

As Elmar notes, the PA-2FE-TX and the PA-2FEISL-TX are completely
different beasts.  Before you sign up to use a FEISL card, you should
acquaint yourself with all the lore that goes along with them and be
sure that you really want to go there.  Out of consideration for the
helpful folks on this list who work for Cisco, we tend to not talk
about those cards much.  :)

Personally, I chased 'em out of my network in any application where
they're going to be asked to move more than 50 mbit aggregate across
both ports, which admittedly was a little more extreme than I needed
to be, but I'm better off for it and mission creep on attached hosts
doesn't cause me pain.

                                        ---rob