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

[Jon Lewis]

On the downside, keep in mind that even with gobs of extra RAM, the Sup2 
can't take full routes for too much longer.

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, Bryan wrote:

> Great advice, exactly as I was planning.
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> Jon Lewis wrote:
>> On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, Bryan wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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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