[19769] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Alternative sources for Cisco memory?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Thu Sep 24 16:12:10 1998
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 15:56:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@robotics.net>
To: "Craig A. Huegen" <chuegen@quadrunner.com>
cc: Joseph Thomas <jpt@networkcs.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <19980924110939.A18903@quadrunner.com>
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Craig A. Huegen wrote:
> 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.
Sorry let me change my above "decent RAM from any good vender" to "good
RAM from any decent vendor." I was not aware that was such a big
difference between decent and good RAM. Are decent vendors ok, or do
they need to be good vendors like the good RAM? ;-)
> 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.
True. I also don't recommend you broadcasting to Cisco that you are doing
this.
> 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
>
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Nathan Stratton Telecom & ISP Consulting
www.robotics.net nathan@robotics.net
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