[c-nsp] Software forced crash on 2651XM/12.3(6e)

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> I've ALWAYS said: don't run an IOS image with a low "third digit" unless 
> you have no other choice.  If 12.4(10) is already out, why should anyone 
> be running with a less-mature version of 12.3?  I can understand that 
> you can't do code upgrades on a whim, but if 12.3(20) and 12.2(37) are 
> out, why would someone be running 12.3(6) when they could at least be on 
> 12.3(10) (theoretically as mature as 12.4(10), yet out for a WHILE).

Because newer releases sometimes break things that work in older
releases? Happened to us several times with 12.0S - most recently an
attempted upgrade of a 7500 that had to be rolled back because all our
E3 interfaces failed with the version.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no