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

[Bryan]

Great advice, exactly as I was planning.



Bryan

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Jon Lewis wrote:
> 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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