[c-nsp] cisco memory bug / propabilities?

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

there's the infamous cisco memory bug "reboot and see your boxes die" - with
the recent IOS software fixes, I have a couple of 6500s that need a reboot
now, and I'm a bit scared - read: do I plan for "I reboot as usual, and
there is a remote chance that hardware will not come back, so ensure 
a longer-than-planned outage is acceptable", or "I really should have a 
full set of spare boards sitting beside the to-be-rebooted box, because 
90% of all boards will die"...?

What are *your* experiences with dieing cisco memory, in particular on 6500s?

I've heard horror storries from ASA owners, but not very much from 6500 
owners yet...  (and that's not because "nobody but me is using them 
anymore").

The advisory

  http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/memory.html#~impacted

is not very specific...

gert
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