[c-nsp] sup2T software & release notes have hit

[Tony Varriale]

On 7/11/2011 5:21 PM, Peter Rathlev wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-07-12 at 00:00 +0200, Robert Hass wrote:
>>> The 6708 card isn't mentioned elsewhere on the page. Specifically
>>> not in "Table 6. DFC4 Field Upgradable Linecard". Anybody know what
>>> that means? Do we have to buy new 6908 cards instead? Or will there
>>> be a field upgrade?
>> As 6708 is DFC-only (same as 6716) and cannot work in CFC due to lack
>> of some bus ASICs. You cannot it use with 2T due to incompability DFC4
>> to DFC3. DFC4 is not supported at all at 67xx linecards. But there is
>> special TMP program for 6708 linecards for upgrade them to 6908. Talk
>> to your account team for details.
> What puzzles me is that the 6716 card is field upgradable (to DFC4)
> according to the white paper. But the 6708 isn't. I though they had the
> same limitations regarding CFC.
>
> We probably can't afford any of these this year anyway. If they appear
> this year at all. :-)
>
Yeah I've looked at the block diagrams that they are similar from the 
backplane to the FIREs.

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