[c-nsp] 12.2(18)SXF3 vs. 12.1E

[John Neiberger]

That was going to be my next question! So, what's the difference between
a linear flash card and the ATA flash card? Should I prefer one over the
other?

Thanks!
John
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>>> "Sachin Gupta (sagupta)" <sagupta at cisco.com> 3/27/06 11:40:58 AM
>>>
The minimum flash requirement is incorrect and is being corrected
right
now. It should be fixed in the next 2 weeks. For Sup2 images, the
minimum flash requirements is 64MB.

Sachin 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of John
Neiberger
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 10:22 AM
> To: jared at puck.nether.net 
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net 
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] 12.2(18)SXF3 vs. 12.1E
> 
> >	12.1E has been "feature dead" for quite some time (years i
> think)
> >and only gets bugfixes.  Obviously moving to the latest
> feature+bugfix
> >software will be a risk, but likely a worthwhile one.
> >
> >	here's why:
> >
> >	1) the SX* feature set will provide you ability to do a 
> lot more 
> >things (eg: ipv6, etc..)
> >	2) new hardware will become available to you that is 
> not supported in 
> >12.1E.
> >	3) keeping at least one box in production/lab close to what the

> >current leading edge of things with any vendor provides you 
> the ability 
> >to sanity check anything crazy that comes out of them.
> >	it also means if you encounter a case (new hardware or software

> >feature) that you need to deploy faster than what you can
> test
> >you are not jumping in entirely in foreign soil.
> 
> One interesting thing I've noticed is that CCO Software 
> Center says that the minimum flash requirement is 128 MB but 
> the image I'm looking at is only about 32 MB. Why is the 
> minimum requirement so much higher than the size of the 
> image? This is especially strange since the Sup2 can't have 
> more than 64MB of flash on a card.
> 
> My plan is to recommend purchasing a 64 MB flash card for 
> each supervisor module. I can't abide by the minimum 
> requirement because no one makes 128 MB flash for a Sup2.
> 
> John
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