[cisco-voip] Upgrading 7835 to 7845 - what options do I have?

[Lelio Fulgenzi]

can i change this? is it not advisable then to plan on buying a 7835 with intentions of upgrading it to a 7845 later?

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wes Sisk 
  To: Lelio Fulgenzi ; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
  Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 2:02 PM
  Subject: RE: [cisco-voip] Upgrading 7835 to 7845 - what options do I have?


  should still be recog as a 7835 by a text string in the bios.
  7845 install gets Windows advanced server for > 4GB memory addressing.

  /Wes
  -----Original Message-----
  From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net]On Behalf Of Lelio Fulgenzi
  Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:58 PM
  To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
  Subject: [cisco-voip] Upgrading 7835 to 7845 - what options do I have?


  I'm sorry if I asked this before, but I'm just wondering what upgrade options I might have if I buy a 7835 now and want to upgrade it to match 7845 specs in the future? 

  From what I gather the two systems are exactly the same except for memory, extra CPU and extra hard disk space. I'd probably buy a spare CPU off the bat since it would be hard to match later.

  If I upgrade at a later time, will the hardware detection disks recognize it as a 7845 and format the disks and install the image appropriately or will it sill think it's a 7835? If it only recognizes it as a 7835 is there something I can switch (software/hardware) to make it be recognized as a 7845?

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