Hi, On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 10:19:37PM -0400, Howard Leadmon wrote: > I am hoping someone can help clarify this one for me, maybe I just missed > it in various conversations, but figured I'd just toss it out. I was always > under the impression that to take full routes now days (we take full routes > with both IPv4 and IPv6 at this time) with a 6500 series and a SUP720 that > you had to have a 3BXL/CXL.
Correct.
[..]
> A. To upgrade from WS-Sup720 or WS-Sup720-3B to WS-Sup720-3BXL, customers
> need to order WS-F6K-PFC3BXL. The Upgrade kit comes with 1GB DRAM upgrades
> for both the RP and SP.
>
> Now maybe I am reading this wrong, but it sounds like upgrading the RP and SP
> RAM to 1G on the 3B will effectively make it a 3BXL, is this correct?
No. The XL kit comes with a huge daughter board that has all the TCAM on
it, and two small DRAM SODIMMs.
> I just hate to toss out a 3B for a 3BXL, if the 3B can be updated, but
> thought Cisco in all it's wisdom hadn't permitted that option.
It can be updated, but the update is expensive, and a used 3BXL might be
cheaper than to get the update :-)
gert
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