I just loaded 12.4(7a) onto a spare 7206VXR with a NPE-300 in
it, and I get the above message in sh ver. I can't find
anything obvious on the Cisco site indicating if a particular
IS release is supported on a specific CPU. Does anyone know
the current supported IS on the NPE-300?
The NPE-300 went End-of-Sale 31dec01. End of Software Maintenance
was 31dec04. Software support ended with: 12.2(15)T, 12.0(29)S,
12.1(19)E, and 12.3(10b).
I guess the other question is - Does it mean it's not
supported, in that, they won't open TAC cases on it, or that
it's going to blow up in new and wonderful ways? Seems to be
working happily so far
End of Support is 31dec06.
-A
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I've passed this on to the product PM's to clean up.

The EL Product Bulletin is the final word. It was amended
to include the actual final release versions to try and be
more clear.

Rodney

Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:31:38AM +1000, matt carter wrote:

The NPE-300 went End-of-Sale 31dec01. End of Software Maintenance
was 31dec04. Software support ended with: 12.2(15)T, 12.0(29)S,
12.1(19)E, and 12.3(10b).

yet the cisco docs quote NPE-300 in 12.4 guides and even have a copy and
paste of a NPE-300 running 12.4T. its easy to see how one could be led
astray

eg
Cisco IS Server Load Balancer Config for Dynamic Virtual Tunnel Interfaces
Configuration Guide

Cisco IS Software, 7200 Software (C7200-JK9S-M), Version 12.4(4)T1, RELEASE
SFTWARE (fc4)
Cisco 7206VXR (NPE300) processor (revision D) with 122880K/40960K bytes of
memory.

eg
12.4 Multi-Protocol Label Switching Configuration Guide
Supported Chassis Types and Processors
The Cisco 7200 and 7500 series routers can use the following chassis types
and processors:
-Processors: NPE-225, NPE-300, and NPE-400

eg
12.4 Quality of Service Solutions Configuration Guide
# Cisco 7200 series:
# * NPE-200 or higher (NPE-300 recommended for per-virtual circuit (VC)
class-based weighted fair queueing (CBWFQ)

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Hi Rodney

What is the official word on the NPE-225 ?

I couldn't find an ES announcement for it yet it warns about not being
supported on 12.4T:

7204VXRsh ver | i IS|NPE|CPU

Cisco IS Software, 7200 Software (C7200-ADVIPSERVICESK9-M), Version 12.4(6)T, RELEASE SFTWARE (fc1)
BTLDR: Cisco IS Software, 7200 Software (C7200-KBT-M), Version 12.4(7a), RELEASE SFTWARE (fc3)
Cisco 7204VXR (NPE225) processor (revision A) with 245760K/16384K bytes of memory.
R527x CPU at 262MHz, Implementation 40, Rev 10.0, 2048KB L2 Cache
This Version of Cisco IS Software is not supported on NPE225.
Please select a version of Cisco IS software compatible with

7204VXR>

Mon, 8 May 2006, Rodney Dunn wrote:

Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 23:12:52 -0400
From: Rodney Dunn <rodunn (AT) cisco (DOT) com>
To: matt carter <matt (AT) iseek (DOT) com.au>
Cc: 'cisco-nsp' <cisco-nsp (AT) puck (DOT) nether.net>
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] This Version of Cisco IS Software is not
supportedonNPE300

I've passed this on to the product PM's to clean up.

The EL Product Bulletin is the final word. It was amended
to include the actual final release versions to try and be
more clear.

Rodney

Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:31:38AM +1000, matt carter wrote:
>>

The NPE-300 went End-of-Sale 31dec01. End of Software Maintenance
was 31dec04. Software support ended with: 12.2(15)T, 12.0(29)S,
12.1(19)E, and 12.3(10b).

>>
>yet the cisco docs quote NPE-300 in 12.4 guides and even have a copy and
>paste of a NPE-300 running 12.4T. its easy to see how one could be led
>astray
>>
>eg
>Cisco IS Server Load Balancer Config for Dynamic Virtual Tunnel Interfaces
>Configuration Guide
>>
>Cisco IS Software, 7200 Software (C7200-JK9S-M), Version 12.4(4)T1, RELEASE
>SFTWARE (fc4)
>Cisco 7206VXR (NPE300) processor (revision D) with 122880K/40960K bytes of
>memory.
>>
>eg
>12.4 Multi-Protocol Label Switching Configuration Guide
>Supported Chassis Types and Processors
>The Cisco 7200 and 7500 series routers can use the following chassis types
>and processors:
>-Processors: NPE-225, NPE-300, and NPE-400
>>
>>
>eg
>12.4 Quality of Service Solutions Configuration Guide
># Cisco 7200 series:
># * NPE-200 or higher (NPE-300 recommended for per-virtual circuit (VC)
>class-based weighted fair queueing (CBWFQ)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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That's a cosmetic problem I saw them mention the other day
and are supposed to be removing that from the 'sh ver'.

They accidentally included it.

Tue, May 09, 2006 at 09:21:20AM +0300, rafi-cnsp2 (AT) meron (DOT) openu.ac.il wrote:

Hi Rodney

What is the official word on the NPE-225 ?

I couldn't find an ES announcement for it yet it warns about not being
supported on 12.4T:

7204VXRsh ver | i IS|NPE|CPU

Cisco IS Software, 7200 Software (C7200-ADVIPSERVICESK9-M), Version 12.4(6)T, RELEASE SFTWARE (fc1)
BTLDR: Cisco IS Software, 7200 Software (C7200-KBT-M), Version 12.4(7a), RELEASE SFTWARE (fc3)
Cisco 7204VXR (NPE225) processor (revision A) with 245760K/16384K bytes of memory.
R527x CPU at 262MHz, Implementation 40, Rev 10.0, 2048KB L2 Cache
This Version of Cisco IS Software is not supported on NPE225.
Please select a version of Cisco IS software compatible with

7204VXR>

Mon, 8 May 2006, Rodney Dunn wrote:

Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 23:12:52 -0400
From: Rodney Dunn <rodunn (AT) cisco (DOT) com>
To: matt carter <matt (AT) iseek (DOT) com.au>
Cc: 'cisco-nsp' <cisco-nsp (AT) puck (DOT) nether.net>
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] This Version of Cisco IS Software is not
supportedonNPE300

I've passed this on to the product PM's to clean up.

The EL Product Bulletin is the final word. It was amended
to include the actual final release versions to try and be
more clear.

Rodney

Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:31:38AM +1000, matt carter wrote:
>>

The NPE-300 went End-of-Sale 31dec01. End of Software Maintenance
was 31dec04. Software support ended with: 12.2(15)T, 12.0(29)S,
12.1(19)E, and 12.3(10b).

>>
>yet the cisco docs quote NPE-300 in 12.4 guides and even have a copy and
>paste of a NPE-300 running 12.4T. its easy to see how one could be led
>astray
>>
>eg
>Cisco IS Server Load Balancer Config for Dynamic Virtual Tunnel Interfaces
>Configuration Guide
>>
>Cisco IS Software, 7200 Software (C7200-JK9S-M), Version 12.4(4)T1, RELEASE
>SFTWARE (fc4)
>Cisco 7206VXR (NPE300) processor (revision D) with 122880K/40960K bytes of
>memory.
>>
>eg
>12.4 Multi-Protocol Label Switching Configuration Guide
>Supported Chassis Types and Processors
>The Cisco 7200 and 7500 series routers can use the following chassis types
>and processors:
>-Processors: NPE-225, NPE-300, and NPE-400
>>
>>
>eg
>12.4 Quality of Service Solutions Configuration Guide
># Cisco 7200 series:
># * NPE-200 or higher (NPE-300 recommended for per-virtual circuit (VC)
>class-based weighted fair queueing (CBWFQ)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Regarding the NPE-300, I understand that the EL Product Bulletin is the
final word and software support ended with: 12.2(15)T, 12.0(29)S, 12.1(19)E,
and 12.3(10b), but will 12.3(latest GD) still work properly, albeit
unsupported? Does the roadmap dicate when the supporting code will be
removed? Thanks.

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Rick Havern wrote:
Regarding the NPE-300, I understand that the EL Product Bulletin is the
final word and software support ended with: 12.2(15)T, 12.0(29)S, 12.1(19)E,
and 12.3(10b), but will 12.3(latest GD) still work properly, albeit
unsupported? Does the roadmap dicate when the supporting code will be
removed? Thanks.

I'm running 12.4(8) on an unsupported NPE-300 and it works just fine
doing some basic routing stuff (DS-3, FE, DS-1).

Now, I'm not going to upgrade our ADSL gear to 12.4 any time soon, since
if that freaks out, too many people will bitch at me. That said, I'd
like to find a version of IS for the NPE-300 that supports kron

David
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