[c-nsp] Cisco 7200 GigE interface w/NPE 225.

[Adam Armstrong]

Alex Balashov wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I tried to install a single-port optical GigE card in a Cisco 7204 VXR 
> chassis with an NPE 225 and was informed by the IOS that it is 
> incompatible with the NPE 225, so the adaptor is shut down.
>
> Anyone know how to get around this limitation other than by getting a 
> beefier NPE?  I do not actually intend to run anywhere *near* a gig of 
> traffic through that thing;  it's just that the handoff I am getting 
> from a provider is optical and this is the easiest route for me.
>
> If I do have to get a new NPE, will a 400 suffice, or do I have to go 1G?
>   
I believe an NPE-300 would be sufficient. I don't recall putting a PA-GE 
into an NPE-225, but IIRC BT use a PA-GE in an NPE-300 to deliver ADSL 
in the UK.

You won't get more than 400mbit (200mbit each way)  across a PA-GE no 
matter what slot/npe you put it in! :)

adam.