Cisco 7000 Series Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual page 27

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RP spares are available with the default 16 MB (RP=) or with 64 MB of DRAM (RP-64MB=).
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An upgrade (RP-64MB-U) provides an RP-64MB= as a replacement for earlier RP versions that
do not support 16 MB SIMMs. The upgrade requires that you return your existing RP to the
factory and offers a significant cost savings over the RP-64MB= spare.
If your RP supports 16-MB SIMMs, you can upgrade the DRAM from 16 MB to 64 MB. (Because
8 MB x 9 SIMMs are not available, 32 MB is not an option.) Otherwise, you must replace the entire
RP to increase the amount of DRAM. To determine whether or not your RP supports 16-MB SIMMs,
refer to the section "RP and RSP7000 Configurations" in the chapter "Maintenance" and to the
replacement instructions that accompany the upgrade kit.
Only RPs that meet the following prerequisites support the larger (16-MB) SIMMs:
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If your system contains Software Release 9.17, the minimum requirements are as follows:
— Maintenance Release 9.17(8) (or a later 9.17 image) in ROM
— System Bootstrap Version 4.6(7.3) (or a later 4.6 version)
— RP board revision B0 or later
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If your system contains Software Release 9.21, the minimum requirements are as follows:
— Maintenance Release 9.21(3) (or a later 9.21 image) in ROM
— System Bootstrap Version 4.7(2.1) (or a later 4.7 version)
— RP board revision B0 or later
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If your system contains Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS) Release 10.0, the
minimum requirements are as follows:
— Release 10.0(1) (or a later 10.0 image) in ROM
— System Bootstrap Version 5.0(1) (or a later 5.0 bootstrap version)
— RP board revision B0 or later
Bootstrap Version 4.6 is used exclusively with Software Release 9.17, and Bootstrap Version 4.7 is
used exclusively with Software Release 9.21. The revision numbers (indicated in parentheses) for
each system bootstrap version are revised independently of other bootstrap versions. Therefore,
4.6(7) can be a later version than 4.7(2).
Software Release 9.17(8), RP board revision B0, and System Bootstrap Version 4.6(7.3) started
shipping as the default in March 1994.
RPs that shipped from the factory with Release 9.17(7) or earlier in ROM do not support 16-MB
SIMMs. To verify that your RP supports the larger SIMMs, issue the following commands:
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Use the show version command to display the system bootstrap version.
7010# show version
GS Software (GS7), Version 9.17(8.1)
Copyright (c) 1986-1994 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 04-Feb-94
System Bootstrap, Version 4.6(7.3)
If the display indicates that the system bootstrap version is an earlier version of 4.6 than 4.6(7.3),
or an earlier version of 4.7 than 4.7(2.1), your RP will not support 16-MB SIMMs. Contact a
service representative for information about the RP upgrade.
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