rob@OC.RJL.COM (Rob Liebschutz) (08/15/90)
I guess by now many people have heard that new releases of the Cisco software will require more memory than the CSC2 processor has in order to perform well. I've also heard that Cisco was going to provide a new release of the software that ran directly out of ROM on the CSC2. Is this true and will this free enough memory to provide reasonable performance? For sites that don't have an urgent need for new features, would they be better off to stay with an older software release on the CSC2 until they can upgrade to a CSC3?
rob@oc.rjl.com (Rob Liebschutz) (08/15/90)
I guess I should have read todays mail before asking this question. This request was mostly answered by the recent discussion about memory. > I guess by now many people have heard that new releases of the Cisco > software will require more memory than the CSC2 processor has in order > to perform well. I've also heard that Cisco was going to provide a > new release of the software that ran directly out of ROM on the CSC2. > Is this true and will this free enough memory to provide reasonable > performance? > > For sites that don't have an urgent need for new features, would they > be better off to stay with an older software release on the CSC2 until > they can upgrade to a CSC3? >
kozel@milano.cisco.com (Edward R. Kozel) (08/15/90)
Rob, cisco's current [8.1(19), out as of last week] SW can be ordered for CSC/2 systems to run out of ROM only. This frees up over 500K of memory, providing growth for the largest networks. If IP accounting or other memory intensive features are being used, then the CSC/3's 4MB of memory is really a good idea. The 8.1(19) release is a maintenance release of 8.1, which originally was offered in May. Thus, it's quite stable now and incorporates numerous enhancements and bug fixes. There is no requirement to move to 8.1, but in general it's a good idea to pick up the various changes and any fixes. Regards, Ed Kozel ciscoSystems