[c-nsp] 6506 SUP2/MSFC2 Native IOS upgrade issue

[Jon Lewis]

On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, Bryan wrote:

> Thanks all for the suggestions.  It appears there are 2 fold problems.
> The previous engineer on this project informed me that the Sup2 was
> upgraded to 256mb ram (it wasn't) and the MSFC was upgraded to 512 (it
> wasn't).  I've got a sup2 w/ 128 and an MSFC w/ 256.

Unless you're sure you're not going to ever put full routes on it, I 
recommend maxing out the RAM on both the MSFC and Sup2 to 512mb each.

On a 6509/sup2 with full routes and 512/512, I have only 268240496 free 
on the sup2.  It seems to me, if I had only 256mb RAM on there, I'd be in 
trouble (or maybe it'd have carved off a smaller chunk for I/O and I'd be 
ok).  Just max it out and know that you'll never have to upgrade the RAM 
again.

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