[19767] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Alternative sources for Cisco memory?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Craig A. Huegen)
Thu Sep 24 14:23:08 1998
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 11:09:39 -0700
From: "Craig A. Huegen" <chuegen@quadrunner.com>
To: Nathan Stratton <nathan@robotics.net>, Joseph Thomas <jpt@networkcs.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809241232460.23803-100000@skipper.robotics.net>; from Nathan Stratton on Thu, Sep 24, 1998 at 12:35:20PM -0400
On Thu, Sep 24, 1998 at 12:35:20PM -0400, Nathan Stratton wrote:
==>You sure can, most providers upgrade the memory on their ciscos with 3rd
==>party RAM, the cisco stuff just cost to much. I dont know of "Cisco
==>certified" memory dealers, but just buying decent RAM from any good vender
==>should be fine.
"Decent RAM" does *not* cut it--you need *good* RAM from a good vendor.
Be aware that this recommendation is not complete without the caveat
that Cisco will not support your processor card if you stick
unapproved third-party RAM in it. It's very important to use QUALITY
memory in the box.
With that said, Cisco does have an AVL (authorized vendor list) for
third-party memory. Kingston carries this, and will even cross-ref
the Cisco part numbers for you.
/cah
