[c-nsp] disabling dfc card on 6500

[Tim Stevenson]

There is no way to disable the DFC alone & keep the LC up & running. 
For one thing, w/DFC installed, there is no connection to the bus, 
which is required to perform centrallized lookups on the PFC in the 
absence of a local fwding engine.

Tim

At 12:04 PM 6/29/2006 -0400, Ross W submitted:
>We're tracking down an issue with a dfc3bxl card on an x6748 that looks to
>be memory related, and it would be very helpful if there is a way to disable
>the dfc card without disabling the line card while the box is running.
>
>I know that IOS has the ability to do it by itself if it decides to, but I'm
>looking for a way to trigger that functionality from the commandline.
>
>I've found lots of info on powering down the x6748, but that's not what I
>want.  Also, I've got ios 12.2.18sxf4 running on it.
>
>Thanks,
>   Ross.
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Tim Stevenson, tstevens at cisco.com
Routing & Switching CCIE #5561
Technical Marketing Engineer, Catalyst 6500
Cisco Systems, http://www.cisco.com
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