Cisco Systems NPE-175, NPE-225 manual Network Processing Engine

Chapter 8 Preparation for Installation

Software and Hardware Requirements

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 uBR7246VXR		Cisco IOS Release	Cisco IOS Release	Cisco IOS Release
			12.1(6)EC or later	12.2(11)CX3 with a	12.2(33)SCA4
			releases of 12.1EC with	special boot helper	Note The NPE-G2 uses
			a special boot helper	image of
					software images
			image of 12.0(15)SC	12.2(11)CX
					that begin with
			[ubr7200-boot-mz.120-	[ubr7200-boot-mz.
					the prefix
			15.SC]	122-11.CX or
					“ubr7200p-”.
				ubr7200-kboot-mz.
			Cisco IOS Release
				122-11.CX]
			12.2(4)BC1 or later
			releases of 12.2BC	Cisco IOS Release
			Cisco IOS Release	12.2(33)SCA or
				later releases of
			12.3(9a)BC or later
				12.2S
			releases of 12.3BC
•	Cisco uBR7225VXR		—	Cisco IOS Release	Cisco IOS Release 12.2S
				12.2(33)
				Cisco IOS Release
				12.2(33)SCA with a
				boot helper image
				[ubr7200-boot-mz.
				122-33.SCA] or
				[ubr7200-kboot-mz
				.122-33.SCA]

1.The NPE-G2 has its own Cisco IOS software image with the prefix “c7200p-” in the software images filenames, including the boot image. The NPE-G2 does not boot up with a software image with the prefix “c7200-”. Previous network processing engines, or the network services engine, do not boot up with the “c7200p-” boot image. They use the prefix “c7200-”.

2.For information about the Cisco 7206 or Cisco 7206VXR as router shelves in the Cisco AS5800 Universal Access Server, refer to the Cisco AS5800 Universal Access Server documentation listed in the “Related Documentation” section on page iii.

3.The Cisco uBR7246VXR universal broadband router requires the Cisco uBR7200-NPE-G1 version of the NPE-G1.

4.The Cisco uBR7246VXR universal broadband router requires the Cisco uBR7200-NPE-G2 version of the NPE-G2.

Table 8-5 Software Requirements for the NPE-100, NPE-150, NPE-200, and NPE-300

Network Processing Engine

Router Platform1 NPE-1002 NPE-1502 NPE-2002 NPE-3002

Cisco 7200 series

•Cisco 7204VXR Cisco IOS Release 12.0(2)XE2 or later releases of 12.0XE

and	Cisco IOS Release 12.0(3)T or later releases of 12.0T
Cisco 7206VXR

Network Processing Engine and Network Services Engine Installation and Configuration

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