Cisco Systems VIP4 manual Hardware Requirements, Microcode Overview, Traffic Management

Installation Prerequisites

Table 7	VIP4 Minimum Software Release Requirements
VIP Release		Minimum Cisco IOS Supported Releases
VIP4-50		Cisco IOS Release 12.0(13)S2 or later release of Cisco IOS Release 12.0 S
		Cisco IOS Release 12.1(6) or later release of Cisco IOS Release 12.1 mainline
		Cisco IOS Release 12.1(5)E or later release of Cisco IOS Release 12.1 E
		Cisco IOS Release 12.1(5.3)T or later release of Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T
		Cisco IOS Release 12.2(1) or later release of Cisco IOS Release 12.2 mainline
		Cisco IOS Release 12.2(1)T or later release of Cisco IOS Release 12.2 T
VIP4-80		Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)S1 or later release of Cisco IOS Release 12.0 S
		Cisco IOS Release 12.1(3) or later release of Cisco IOS Release 12.1 mainline
		Cisco IOS Release 12.1(3)E or later release of Cisco IOS Release 12.1 E
		Cisco IOS Release 12.1(3)T or later release of Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T
		Cisco IOS Release 12.2(1) or later release of Cisco IOS Release 12.2 mainline
		Cisco IOS Release 12.2(1)T or later release of Cisco IOS Release 12.2 T

Traffic Management

•Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent V1 (RFCs 1155-1157)

•Management Information Base (MIB) II (RFC 1213)

Hardware Requirements

The VIP4 is a single motherboard. It operates with:

•Cisco 7505, Cisco 7507, Cisco 7507-MX, Cisco 7513, Cisco 7513-MX, and the Cisco 7576 routers with the Route Switch Processor (RSP1, RSP2, RSP4, RSP4+, or RSP8); the RSP should have at least 64 MB of DRAM.

•Cisco 7000 series routers with the 7000 Series Route Switch Processor (RSP7000) and 7000 Series Chassis Interface (RSP7000CI), the RSP7000 should have at least 64 MB of DRAM.

•Two single-width port adapters, or one dual-width port adapter, supporting multiple LAN and WAN port adapter types, including Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, serial, channelized serial, multichannel, HSSI, ATM, and POS.

Note The VIP4 requires at least one port adapter installed in order to be supported. A single-width port adapter must have a blank port adapter installed in the empty port adapter slot location.

Microcode Overview

The VIP4 microcode (firmware) is an image that provides card-specific software instructions. A programmable read-only memory (PROM) device on the VIP4 contains a default microcode boot image that assists the system in finding and loading the microcode image from the Cisco IOS bundle or Flash memory. The router supports downloadable microcode, which enables you to upgrade microcode versions by downloading new microcode images, storing them in system Flash memory, and instructing the system to load its image from Flash memory. You can store multiple images for an interface type and, with a configuration command, instruct the system to load any one of them or the default microcode image.

Fourth Generation Versatile Interface Processor (VIP4) Installation and Configuration Guide

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