[5538] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cisco Memory.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avi Freedman)
Mon Oct 21 18:45:37 1996
From: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
To: plynch@jefferson.ind.net (Patrick Lynch)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 13:21:09 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199610211715.MAA20028@jefferson.ind.net> from "Patrick Lynch" at Oct 21, 96 12:15:09 pm
> Nathan,
>
> I have to follow up on this comment you made. I work for an ISP in
> Indianapolis called IHETS. We have 7 cisco 7500 series routers on our
> backbone. Wre just spent a chunck of money to upgrade the RAM on them to
> 64Meg. If yoiu are saying that regular SIMMS work in Cicso routers, then I'll
> shoot myself in the foot. I'd like to know if you have used this method and
> how well it works out in the field. Does latency increase with *unqualified*
> Cisco memory, or is the *unqualified* *qualified* Cisco ram stuff just a big
> ruse? Thanks for your input.
I'd pay attention if they disqualify memory.
But we've found that standard x36 16mb 70pin (60ns) simms work fine in
7500s. I suspect it'd either work or not - you won't get added latency...
Avi
