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

8-4

OL-4448-12

 

 

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