Re: OT: 6500 Compact Flash Memory

From: James Ventre (messageboard@ventrefamily.com)
Date: Thu Dec 15 2005 - 13:43:47 GMT-3


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Date Published: 10-OCT-2005

James

Jeremy O'Dette wrote:

  James,

  I'm curious which native mode image you're using? We just upgraded a
  pair of 6500s to sup720s/native mode running what I thought was the
  latest enterprise feature set and its only ~48MB. Here's what we're
  using:

  12.2.18-SXD6
  ENT FW W/MPLS/IPV6/SSH/3DES
  s72033-jk9o3sv-mz.122-18.SXD6.bin

  Jeremy O'Dette
  CCIE 14973
  jeremyodette@hotmail.com

    From: James Ventre <messageboard@ventrefamily.com>
    Reply-To: James Ventre <messageboard@ventrefamily.com>
    To: "Jeremy O'Dette" <jeremyodette@hotmail.com>
    CC: Upp_and_Upp@hotmail.com, ccielab@groupstudy.com
    Subject: Re: OT: 6500 Compact Flash Memory
    Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:24:26 -0500

>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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