[c-nsp] Flexwan module - Memory

[Sony Scaria]

Thanks a lot Kevin, one more doubt pls, then what is the purpose of Flash in
Flexman?

Rgds/ Sony

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Kevin Graham <
kgraham at industrial-marshmallow.com> wrote:

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> > My doubt are 1.  whether these cwan1/0-disk0: and cwan1/1-disk0: are
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> > flash modules on Flexwan module?
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> Yes.
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> > 2. if so can i upload my IOS in those modules
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> No. FlexWAN (as with all linecards) boots after the MSFC/Sup. Its devices
> are inaccessible from either Sup or MSFC ROMMON.
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> > becoz, my current flash size will not support my new IOS
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> Presumably this is is a Sup2/MSFC2? If so, just use a CompactFlash card in
> a PCMCIA adapter (which will be presented as 'disk0'. I haven't tested
> how large of cards are accepted (on any of the sup's), however 512mb's
> haven't caused any problems in this setup for us.
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