Re: OT: 6500 Compact Flash Memory

From: James Ventre (messageboard@ventrefamily.com)
Date: Thu Dec 15 2005 - 13:24:26 GMT-3


>It is possible to configure a boot statement that would force the switch
to load its image
>off of a flash card but I wouldn't do that in production in case some
removes the flash card.

You dont have much of a choice with Native Mode on a Sup720. The image
sizes are now ~75 MB and the internal flash is only 64MB.

James

Jeremy O'Dette wrote:

  The 6500s do not require either PCMCIA flash (in the case of a sup1
  or sup2) or compact flash (in the case of a sup720 or sup32) to
  operate. Its more of a convenience feature for storing IOS images,
  configuration files, or crash dumps. It is possible to configure a
  boot statement that would force the switch to load its image off of a
  flash card but I wouldn't do that in production in case some removes
  the flash card.

  Jeremy O'Dette
  CCIE #14973
  jeremyodette@hotmail.com



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