[c-nsp] SUP720-3B / 3rd party CF

[Jon Lewis]

On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, Mark Tinka wrote:

> On Tuesday 02 September 2008 22:53:56 Peter Rathlev wrote:
>
>> According to the data sheet[1] the Sup720 only supports
>> up to 512MB flash. We use 512MB cards in a range of 6500s
>> with Sup720 HW-revisions 2.1, 4.3 and 5.2 without
>> problems. Haven't tried 1GB though.
>
> When we were upgrading from the SUP2 to the SUP720, we told
> Cisco we'd use the IBM 1GB compact flash modules unless
> they gave us something similar.
>
> In the end, Cisco shipped our SUP720's with Cisco-branded
> 1GB compact flash cards (external). However, the internal
> flash card remains at 512MB, which is fine with us:

If you search the archive, you'll find some posts from me about using 2gb 
and 4gb cards in sup720-3bxls.  The 2's work properly.  The 4's have an 
apparently cosmetic size reporting overflow.

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