[c-nsp] Catalyst 6500 -> Cisco 7600 conversion technicalities

[David Granzer]

Next question is about supported IOS SR version in the future.  As we
talked with our account there will be SRB and SRC images available,
but not SRD.

David

On 12/13/07, Simon Leinen <simon.leinen at switch.ch> wrote:
> When Cisco started enforcing the IOS platform split with 12.2(33)SRB,
> they also offered the option for customers to "convert" their Catalyst
> 6500 chassis to Cisco 7600 in order to allow them to run router IOS
> (SRB).  This conversion is mostly an administrative process and
> doesn't involve actual replacement of hardware.
>
> We are considering this and have gotten pretty good information from
> our account team on the commercial and administrative sides of this.
> But I'd like to learn more about the technical side, so if anyone has
> tried this, or is otherwise familiar with the system:
>
> For Cat6500s-converted-to-7600, there exist separate router-IOS images
> that are accessed through a special procedure (correct?).  For a given
> (7600-)IOS release and image type, is there a single converted-Cat6500
> image, or do you have to download a separate image for each converted
> chassis?
>
> Are these special images made available at the same time as the normal
> 7600 images when new releases come out? If not, what kind of lag can
> be expected?
>
> Thanks & regards,
> --
> Simon.
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