Cisco Systems NPE-225, NPE-175 manual Port Adapter Jacket Card Support, Software Requirements

Chapter 8 Preparation for Installation

Software and Hardware Requirements

Port Adapter Jacket Card Support

The Port Adapter Jacket Card inserts into the I/O controller slot of a Cisco 7200 VXR router when an NPE-G2 or NPE-G1 is installed. The Port Adapter Jacket Card network processing engine support is shown in Table 8-3.

Table 8-3 Network Processing Engines Supporting the Port Adapter Jacket Card

Network Processing Engine	Software
NPE-G2	Cisco IOS Release 12.4(4)XD2
NPE-G1	Cisco IOS Release 12.4(4)XD

Software Requirements

Table 8-4lists the minimum software requirements for the NPE-400, NPE-G1, and NPE-G2. Table 8-5and Table 8-6list the recommended minimum Cisco IOS software release to ensure proper operation of the network processing engine or network services engine in supported router platforms.

Table 8-4 Software Requirements for the NPE-400, NPE-G1, and NPE-G2

		Network Processing Engine
Router Platform		NPE-400	NPE-G1	NPE-G2
Cisco 7200 Series
•	Cisco 7204VXR	Cisco IOS Release	Cisco IOS Release	Cisco IOS Release
	and	12.1(3a)E or later	12.2(4)BW	12.4(4)XD or later releases
	Cisco 7206VXR	releases of 12.1E	Cisco IOS Release	of 12.4XD.
				Note The NPE-G21
		Cisco IOS Release	12.2(8)B or later
		12.1(5)T or later	releases of 12.2 B	uses software
		releases of 12.1T		images that begin
		Cisco IOS Release		with the prefix
				“c7200p-”.
		12.0(14)S or later
		releases of 12.0S
•	Cisco 7204 and	—	—	—
	Cisco 7206
•	Cisco 7202	—	—	—
Cisco AS5800
Universal Access Server
•	Cisco 7206 router	—	—	—
	shelf2
•	Cisco 7206VXR	Cisco IOS Release	—	—
	router shelf	12.2(5)M or later
		releases of 12.2M
Cisco uBR7200 series

Network Processing Engine and Network Services Engine Installation and Configuration

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