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Cisco 7500 Series Installation and Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Cisco 7500 Series Product Overview
Route Switch Processor Overview
Note
For RSP4/4+ DRAM upgrade procedures, see
Chapter 9, “Replacing DRAM on the Route Switch
Processor.”
RSP8—Cisco 7507-MX and Cisco 7513-MX
The RSP8, shown in
Figure 1-22
, is the main system processor for the Cisco 7507-MX and
Cisco 7513-MX routers. The RSP8 provides switched routing and high-speed switching functions.
You install the RSP8 in slot 2 or slot 3 in the Cisco 7507-MX (see
Figure 1-8
) or in slot 6 or slot 7 in the
Cisco 7513-MX (see
Figure 1-14
). The RSP8 is also compatible with the Cisco 7505, where it is
installed in slot 4 (see
Figure 1-2
), the Cisco 7507, where it is installed in slot 2 or slot 3 (see
Figure 1-5
),
the Cisco 7513, where it is installed in slot 6 or slot 7 (see
Figure 1-11
), and the Cisco 7576 where it is
installed in slot 6 or slot 7 (see
Figure 1-17
).
Table 1-8
RSP4/4+ Memory Components
Type
Size Quantity
Description
Location
DRAM
32
1
to 256 MB DIMMs
1.
32 MB is the default DRAM configuration for the RSP4/4+.
1 or 2
32-, 64-, or 128-MB DIMMs (based on
DRAM required) for main Cisco IOS image
functions
U10
or U10 and U13
SRAM
2
2.
SRAM is not user-configurable or field-replaceable.
2 MB (fixed)
–
SRAM for packet buffering functions
(MEMD)
–
512 KB (fixed)
–
SRAM for secondary CPU cache memory
functions
–
NVRAM
128 KB
1
Nonvolatile SRAM for the system
configuration file
3
3.
A system configuration file in NVRAM allows the Cisco IOS software to control several system variables.
–
Flash memory
8-MB SIMM
1
Contains the Cisco IOS images on the
RSP4/4+
U1
16
4
and 20 MB
PC Cards
4.
A 16-MB Flash memory card is the default shipping configuration for the RSP4/4+ products.
Up to 2
Contains the Cisco IOS images on up to 2 PC
Card-based Flash memory cards
5
5.
Type I, Type II, and Type III PC Cards can be used in PC Card slot 1, and Type I and Type II PC Cards can be used in PC Card slot 0.
Slot 0 and slot 1
Flash boot ROM
256 KB
1
Flash EPROM for the ROM monitor program
image
U5
