[c-nsp] Search small replacement for Cisco 12k with ATM/OC3 interface

"Rolf Hanßen" nsp at rhanssen.de
Mon Jan 20 11:14:41 EST 2014


Hello,

a version without known security bugs sounds good to me. ;)
(according to http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/selectIOSVersion.x)

My list now contains:
CISCO7204VXR-CH
PWR-7200-AC=
NPE-400 (512 MB Ram)
C7200-I/O-2FE/E
PA-A3-OC3SMI

Anything else I forgot ?

kind regards
Rolf

> On Mon, 20 Jan 2014, Gert Doering wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:06:22PM +0100, "Rolf Hanßen" wrote:
>>> I found on Ebay:
>>> CISCO7204VXR + NPE400 + PWR7200-AC + C7200-I/O-2FE - 160 Euro
>>> PA-A3-OC3SMI ATM Port Adapter (73-2427-04 / PA-A3-OC3SMI) - 40 Euro
>>>
>>> Would that combination be sufficient?
>>
>> It's end of everything, so "current IOS" won't work - but 12.3M will be
>> there, and will do everything you need (and still gets security fixes,
>> if I'm not mistaken).  Besides that, it will easily get the job done.
>
> VXR with NPE-400 isn't out of everything.
> c7200-advipservicesk9-mz.152-4.M4.bin for instance work just fine on
> NPE-400 and is supported.
>
> To original poster, you probably want 512M of ram on it. It'll use approx
> 130-150W of power.
>
> If you need full tables, get NPE-G1 with 1G of RAM.
>
> So +1 on the 7200 recommendation for the description of what's needed.
>
> --
> Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se




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