I think you might want to check on your chassis. Think about one of these XR-12000/4 XR-12000/6 XR-12000/10 XR-12000/16
8 slot isn't supported w/ later releases. I'd look at E5 cards if you can too. And a large flash drive (4gigs). Aaron On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:39, Marc Binderberger <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > plus a few more conditions: from 3.8 onwards your engine3 needs 1GB > memory, otherwise it won't boot anymore. And the RP may run short of > memory with less than 2 GB. And the flashdisk should be 1GB (maybe you > get away with 512M ...). > > > Regards, Marc > > > On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 09:41:40AM -0600, Pete Templin wrote: > > > > On 3/1/2011 8:49 AM, Glorb Age wrote: > > > Hi NSP, > > > > > > I'm trying to build a test lab for IOS XR, and I'm having trouble > figuring > > > out what is the minimum platform and modules I need on a GSR to run the > VPLS > > > feature. The Cisco Feature Navigator is no help, since it just tells > me > > > that I need PRP to run the XR code that has VPLS, but it doesn't go > into > > > specifics on hardware. Can anyone point me in the right direction of > some > > > hardware documentation, or tell me from experience what specifically I > need > > > to build this? Since I'm putting this together myself the key issue is > the > > > cost. > > > > > > Here's what I've come up with so far, please correct me if I'm wrong: > > > > > > GSR 12008 Chassis > > > PRP-1 > > > One of these: > > > 4GE-SFP-LC - Cisco XR 12000 and 12000 Series 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet > ISE > > > Line Card > > > > > > One of these three: > > > 4OC3X/POS-LR-LC-B(=) - 4-port OC-3/STM-1 POS line card, LR optics > (Engine 3) > > > 4OC3X/POS-IR-LC-B(=) - 4-port OC-3/STM-1 POS line card, IR optics > (Engine 3) > > > 4OC3X/POS-MM-MJ-B(=) - 4-port OC-3/STM-1 POS line card, multimode > optics > > > (Engine 3) > > > > > > Can anyone confirm that IOS XR will run on PRP-1, and not just PRP-2? > I'm > > > assuming it won't run on the older GRPs. > > > > > > What is the difference in the chassis other than number of slots and > the > > > fabric? Since this is just for testing, I'm trying to find the > cheapest > > > chassis with the minimum AC power supply requirements. > > > > > > What does the CSC card do? Is this needed? > > > > > > From what I've read, the GigE ISE card will be the CE facing interface > that > > > runs VPLS, and the PoS can be the core facing card that just does MPLS. > > > > > You're on the right track. Doc says PRP2 is needed for XR, no idea if > > you can get away with PRP1. Engine3/5 is a necessity for XR, which you > > have covered. > > > > GSR requires a minimum of four (CSC+SFC) with a minimum of one CSC (and > > a max of two) and a maximum of three SFC. The SFC is the switch fabric > > card. The CSC is the clock scheduler card (and another SFC). > > On a 120xx, each SFC offers OC12 bandwidth per slot; Engine 1/2/3 cards > > only run if there are four fabrics. > > > > pt > > _______________________________________________ > > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > > -- > Marc Binderberger <[email protected]> Powered by *BSD ;-) > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
