[c-nsp] Sup32 and IOS 12.2

[Brett Looney]

At 08:23 8/07/2006, you wrote:
>Has anyone with a Sup32 running IOS 12.2 notice that Cisco deferred
>every IOS 12.2 release other than 12.2(18)SXF4 and on the 7600 side,
>12.2(3x)SRA?
>
>The problem with this is that anyone with a default stock Sup32 w/256MB
>is kind of out of luck as 12.2(18) and above all require at least 512MB.
>  I have two 6509's that I just bought four Sup32's upgrades for and
>Cisco shipped them with deferred IOS 12.2 images on them...   Of course
>the first response you get from TAC on any type of IOS issue is usually
>to upgrade the IOS image.  I don't even have an option to download
>anything other than 12.2(18)+ from CCO.

I've got a customer running 12.2(18)SXF4 on a Sup32 with 256MB RAM 
happily. If you read the release notes, IP Base is supported in 256MB 
but that's all. Anything else requires 512MB.

B.