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Cisco 7200 Series Port Adapter Hardware Configuration Guidelines
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Chapter 1 Cisco 7200 Series Port Adapter Installation Requirements
Guidelines for Installation
Table 1-1
Initial Guidelines for Cisco 7200 Series Routers
Question
Answer
What port adapters are supported on which
Cisco IOS release?
If you have a Cisco.com login ID
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, use the Software Advisor. To access the
Software Advisor, go to:
http://www.cisco.com, Technical Support and Documentation, and click
Tools
and Resourcess
, and click
Software Advisor
. Under Software Support for
Hardware, click the appropriate link. Then choose your platform and a Cisco IOS
release.
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You can request a Cisco.com login ID. To become a registered user, refer to
Registration
at http://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do.
Do NPEs or the NSE use bandwidth
points?
No. The network processing engine (NPE) or network services engine (NSE)
provide bandwidth to the system. Newer NPEs or NSEs provide more bandwidth
than older NPEs.
Are there memory requirements
associated with both the individual port
adapter and the number and type of port
adapters that can be installed?
For individual port adapter processor memory requirements, see
Table 1-6
. For
NPE or NSE, Cisco IOS, and router SDRAM memory requirements, see
Chapter 2, “Memory Requirements.”