[c-nsp] This Version of Cisco IOS Software is not supportedonNPE300

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Hi Rodney

  What is the official word on the NPE-225 ?

  I couldn't find an EOS announcement for it yet it warns about not being 
supported on 12.4T:

7204VXR> sh ver | i IOS|NPE|CPU

Cisco IOS Software, 7200 Software (C7200-ADVIPSERVICESK9-M), Version 12.4(6)T, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
BOOTLDR: Cisco IOS Software, 7200 Software (C7200-KBOOT-M), Version 12.4(7a), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc3)
Cisco 7204VXR (NPE225) processor (revision A) with 245760K/16384K bytes of memory.
R527x CPU at 262MHz, Implementation 40, Rev 10.0, 2048KB L2 Cache
This Version of Cisco IOS Software is not supported on NPE225.
Please select a version of Cisco IOS software compatible with

7204VXR>


On Mon, 8 May 2006, Rodney Dunn wrote:

> Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 23:12:52 -0400
> From: Rodney Dunn <rodunn at cisco.com>
> To: matt carter <matt at iseek.com.au>
> Cc: 'cisco-nsp' <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] This Version of Cisco IOS Software is not
>     supportedonNPE300
> 
> I've passed this on to the product PM's to clean up.
>
> The EOL Product Bulletin is the final word. It was amended
> to include the actual final release versions to try and be
> more clear.
>
> Rodney
>
> On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:31:38AM +1000, matt carter wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The NPE-300 went End-of-Sale 31dec01. End of Software Maintenance
>>> was 31dec04. Software support ended with: 12.2(15)T, 12.0(29)S,
>>> 12.1(19)E, and 12.3(10b).
>>>
>>
>> yet the cisco docs quote NPE-300 in 12.4 guides and even have a copy and
>> paste of a NPE-300 running 12.4T. its easy to see how one could be led
>> astray..
>>
>> eg
>> Cisco IOS Server Load Balancer Config for Dynamic Virtual Tunnel Interfaces
>> Configuration Guide
>>
>> Cisco IOS Software, 7200 Software (C7200-JK9S-M), Version 12.4(4)T1, RELEASE
>> SOFTWARE (fc4)
>> Cisco 7206VXR (NPE300) processor (revision D) with 122880K/40960K bytes of
>> memory.
>>
>> eg
>> 12.4 Multi-Protocol Label Switching Configuration Guide
>>  Supported Chassis Types and Processors
>> The Cisco 7200 and 7500 series routers can use the following chassis types
>> and processors:
>> -Processors: NPE-225, NPE-300, and NPE-400
>>
>>
>> eg
>> 12.4 Quality of Service Solutions Configuration Guide
>> # Cisco 7200 series:
>> #    * NPE-200 or higher (NPE-300 recommended for per-virtual circuit (VC)
>> class-based weighted fair queueing (CBWFQ)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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