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2 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Related Documentation • T roubleshooting the Installation, page 64 • Maintenance Information, page 69 • Reference .
3 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Product Description – Ordering Documentation, page 89 – Documentation Feedback, page 89 – Obtaining T echnical Ass.
4 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Product Description • Monitoring interface and en vironmental status • Providing Simple Netw ork Management Protocol.
5 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Product Description Figur e 2 RSP8 Components CPU The CPU used in the RSP8 is a 250-MHz R7000 with 256-KB Layer 2 cache.
6 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Product Description Memory Components T able 1 shows the memory components on the RSP8. DRAM DRAM stores routing tables, protocols, and network accounting applications and runs the Cisco IOS software.
7 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Product Description Note SRAM is f ixed and is not f ield-upgradable. NVRAM The system conf iguration, software conf igu.
8 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Product Description PC Card Slots The RSP8 has two PC Card slots a vailable. Either slot can support a Flash memory card or a Flash Disk. T ype I and T ype II PC Cards can be used in PC Card slot 0 and slot 1.
9 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Product Description Specifications T able 3 lists the physical specif ications for the RSP8: System Software The Cisco 7.
10 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installation Prerequisites Installation Prerequisites Before beginning the installation procedures, re view the follo w.
11 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installation Prerequisites Attention Ce symbole d'avertissement indique un danger . Vous vous trouvez dans une situation pouvant causer des blessures ou des dommages corporels.
12 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installation Prerequisites Electrical Equipment Guidelines Follo w these basic guidelines when working with any electri.
13 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installation Prerequisites • When you remov e a processor module, place it component-side-up on an antistatic surface or in a static shielding bag. Immediately place the module in a static shielding bag if you need to return it to the factory .
14 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installation Prerequisites – 12.1(0) or a later release of Cisco IOS Release 12.1 – 12.1(2)E or a later release of Cisco IOS Release 12.1 E Note Y ou can reboot from a Flash memory card or Flash Disk in the RSP8 that was pre viously formatted on an RSP4+.
15 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installation Prerequisites Caution Before using a Flash memory card previously formatted and used in an RSP , RSP7000, RSP1, RSP2, or RSP4, you must reformat the Flash memory card.
16 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installing the RSP8 Installing the RSP8 Before you begin, be sure that your system meets the minimum software, hardw are, and microcode requirements described in the “Compatibility Requirements” section on page 13 .
17 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installing the RSP8 Step 3 If you are replacing the RSP8, disconnect any de vices that are attached to the console or auxiliary ports.
18 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installing the RSP8 Step 7 Place the remov ed RSP8 on an antistatic mat or foam. If you plan to return the RSP8 to the factory , immediately place it in an antistatic bag to pre vent ESD damage.
19 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installing the RSP8 Figur e 4 Handling the RSP8 Dur ing Remov al and Installation Caution T o prev ent damage to the backplane, you must install the RSP8 in one of the two RSP slots on the router .
20 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installing the RSP8 Connecting a Console Terminal The system console port on the RSP8 is a DB-25 receptacle DCE port for connecting a console terminal, which you need to conf igure in order to communicate with your system.
21 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installing the RSP8 Note The Y -cables are not r equired ; tw o individual console cables and two indi vidual auxiliary cables can be used instead. Figure 6 sho ws the console Y -cable and Figure 7 shows the auxiliary Y -cable.
22 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installing the RSP8 Step 3 For a Cisco 7507, Cisco 7507-MX, Cisco 7513, or Cisco 7513-MX with HSA or HA conf igured, verify that the console terminal displays the system banner and startup screen as the system restarts.
23 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installing the RSP8 Step 6 V erify that all the enabled LEDs (on the interface processors) are on. Step 7 In systems with a second RSP8 installed (and HSA or HA conf igured), use the show version command to verify that the standby RSP8 is recognized by the system.
24 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring the Router for a Single RSP8 Configuring the Router for a Single RSP8 If you hav e a single RSP8, you can conf igure your system according to the Cisco IOS release appropriate for your router .
25 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability Configuring High System Availability This section describes high system av ailability (HSA), a feature that enables a router to continue processing and forwarding packets after a planned or unplanned outage.
26 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability If a system crash causes the activ e RSP8 to fail, the standby RSP8 becomes the new acti ve RSP8 and uses its own system image and conf iguration f ile to reboot the router .
27 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability HSA System Requirements T o conf igure HSA operation with the RSP8, you must hav e.
28 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability Specifying the Default Standby RSP Y our view of the environment is al ways from the acti ve RSP8 perspectiv e, and you must def ine a default standby RSP8.
29 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability Automatic synchronization mode is on by default; ho wever , to turn it on manually.
30 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability Note Standard 16-, 20-, or 32-MB Flash memory cards are supported with the RSP8. (The 20-MB Flash memory card is currently the default.
31 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability The following e xample ensures that both RSPs have the same microcode image. Notice that slots 0, 1, 4, 9, and 10 load microcode from the bundled softw are, as noted by the statement “software loaded fr om system .
32 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability ......... slot11: FSIP, hw 1.1, sw 20.
33 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability Upgrading to a New Software Version Example Note The following e xamples show systems with two RSP8s.
34 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability Figure 8 illustrates the software error protection conf iguration for this sample scenario. The commands to set up this conf iguration follo w the f igure.
35 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability Step 4 Enter global conf iguration mode and conf igure the system to boot f irst from a Cisco IOS Release 12.0(22.3)S1 system image and then from a Cisco IOS Release 12.
36 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability In this scenario, we begin with the conf iguration shown in Figure 9 . Figur e 9 Softw are Er ror Pr otection—Backing Up with an Older Sof twar e V ersion, P art I Next, we cop y the rsp-pv-mz.
37 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability Last, we delete the rsp-pv-mz.120-22.
38 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability Step 4 Conf igure the system to boot f irst from a Cisco IOS Release 12.0(22.3)S1 system image and then from a Cisco IOS Release 12.0(23)S system image: Router# configure terminal Router(config)# boot system flash slot0:rsp-pv-mz.
39 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability Howe ver , automatic synchronization is enabled by default on the RSP . Therefore, unless you have disabled automatic synchronization, or this is the f irst time you are installing a second RSP , a manual update is not required.
40 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability Y ou do not need to use the slav e sync conf ig command when automatic synchronization is enabled, unless this is the f irst time you are installing a second RSP .
41 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Y ou can manually synchronize conf iguration f iles and R OM monitor environment v .
42 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features SLCR is disabled by default and needs to be manually conf igured. When SLCR is enabled, and more than two linecards crash simultaneously , all line cards will be reset.
43 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features • Cisco Nonstop Forw arding (NSF) —Used with SSO, NSF allows routers with redundant RSPs to continue forwarding data to the standby RSP during a switchov er .
44 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Enabling the Router T o enter privile ged EXEC conf iguration mode, enable the router using the following steps: Step 1 At the user-le vel EXEC prompt, run the enable command.
45 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features T o copy a Cisco IOS software image from a TFTP serv er to a Flash memory card or F.
46 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Setting the Config-Register Boot Variable Though it is not required, we recommend t.
47 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features T o conf igure RPR and RPR+, use the following commands beginning in pri vileged EXEC conf iguration mode: Command Purpose Step 1 Router# conf igure terminal Enters global conf iguration mode.
48 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Verifying RPR and RPR+ Use the show r edundancy command to verify that RPR or RPR+ .
49 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features controller T3 6/0/0 clock source line ! ! interface Ethernet0/0/0 ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.0.0 no ip directed-broadcast ip route-cache distributed no keepalive .
50 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Configuring Frame Relay Autosynchronization LMI Sequence Numbers The autosynchronization procedure is only for de vices supporting Frame Relay and is optional.
51 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Note The output of these commands will vary based on your de vice conf iguration and system site requirements. Step 1 Use the show r edundancy command to verify that SSO is conf igured on the device.
52 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Configuring Nonstop Forwarding (NSF) Cisco Nonstop Forwarding (NSF) al ways runs together with SSO. If you have not already conf igured SSO, refer to the “Conf iguring a Stateful Switchover (SSO)” section on page 49 .
53 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features T o conf igure BGP for NSF , use the following commands be ginning in privile ged E.
54 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Verifying CEF NSF T o verify that CEF is NSF-capable, use the show cef state comman.
55 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Expanded LC ipc memory: 0 Kbytes Linecard reloader type: aggressive (Default) RRP s.
56 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Verifying OSPF NSF T o verify NSF for OSPF , you must check that the NSF function is conf igured on the SSO-enabled networking de vice.
57 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features RP is ACTIVE, standby ready, bulk sync complete NSF interval timer expired (NSF res.
58 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Troubleshooting NSF Features T o troubleshoot the NSF feature, use the follo wing c.
59 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features BGP NSF Configuration Example The following e xample conf igures BGP NSF on a netwo.
60 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Performing a Fast Software Upgrade T o perform a Fast Software Upgrade (FSU), use t.
61 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Step 2 Router# copy tftp slot slot-number : Address or name of remote host []? ip-a.
62 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Fast Software Upgrade Example The following e xample show a F ast Software Upgrade performed on a Cisco 7507 router with an acti ve RSP in slot 2 and a standby RSP installed in slot 3.
63 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Disabling SLCR T o disable the Cisco 7500 Single Line Card Reload feature, use the no service single-slot-r eload-enable global conf iguration command on the Cisco 7500 series router .
64 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Monitoring and Maintaining the Active and Standby RSPs Monitoring and Maintaining the Active and Standby RSPs T o displ.
65 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Troubleshooting the Installation RSP8 LEDs Figure 12 sho ws the LEDs on the RSP8 faceplate. The LEDs on the RSP8 indicate the system and RSP8 status and which PC Card slot is acti ve.
66 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Troubleshooting the Installation Verifying System Startup Sequence By checking the state of the LEDs, you can determine when and where the system failed in the startup sequence.
67 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Troubleshooting the Installation Step 3 When you hav e verif ied that the power supply is functioning properly , observe the LEDs on the RSP8.
68 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Troubleshooting the Installation • Check the terminal settings to ensure that the terminal is set for 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity , and 2 stop bits. • If the terminal is set correctly and still fails to operate, suspect that the terminal is faulty .
69 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information Step 4 W ait 15 seconds. Step 5 Reinsert the standby RSP8.
70 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information Conf iguration information resides in two places when the router is operating: the startup default (permanent) conf iguration in NVRAM, and the running (temporary) memory in RAM.
71 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.1.1, timeout is 2 seconds: .
72 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information Remote host []? Step 7 T ype the name or interface processor address of the remote host.
73 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information Retrieving the Configuration File This section describes ho w to retriev e the saved conf iguration and copy it to NVRAM. Enter pri vileged EXEC conf iguration mode and specify that you will conf igure the router from the network.
74 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information While the router retriev es and reloads the conf iguration f ile from the remote host, the console display indicates whether or not the operation is successful.
75 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information Note The total number of memory devices per DIMM dif fers for each manufacturer . The DIMMs in Figure 2 are generic representations of the actual DRAM DIMMs for your RSP .
76 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information Removing DIMMs This section discusses the procedure for removing DIMMs from your RSP8. Use this procedure to remov e the existing DIMMs: Step 1 T urn off the system po wer and follow the steps in the “Removing the RSP8” section on page 16 .
77 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information Step 7 Place the remov ed DIMM on an antistatic mat, and store it in an antistatic container to protect it from ESD damage. Step 8 Repeat Step 4 through Step 7 for the remaining DIMM, if required for your upgrade.
78 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information Checking the RSP Memory Upgrade This section describes how you w ould verify the memory upgrade. • Observe the LED states and the console display .
79 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information T o recov er a lost password, follo w these steps: Step 1 Attach an ASCII terminal to the router console port, which is located on the rear panel.
80 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Reference Information Step 9 Press Return . After some interf ace information, the prompt appears as follo ws: Router > Step 10 Use the enable command to enter privile ged EXEC conf iguration mode.
81 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Reference Information Auxiliary Port Signals The auxiliary port on the RSP8 is an EIA/TIA-232, DTE, DB-25 plug to which you can attach a CSU or DSU or other equipment in order to access the router from the network.
82 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Reference Information Software Configuration Register Settings Settings for the 16-bit software conf iguration register are written into the NVRAM.
83 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Reference Information • T o recov er a lost password • T o allow you to manually boot the system using the b comman.
84 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Reference Information Changing Settings T o change the conf iguration register while running the system softw are, foll.
85 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Reference Information If you set the boot f ield v alue to 0x2 through 0xF and there is a valid boot system command stored in the conf iguration f ile, then the router boots the system software as directed by that v alue.
86 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Reference Information Bit 8 controls the console Break ke y . Setting bit 8 (the factory default) causes the processor to ignore the console Break ke y .
87 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Reference Information T o disable the Break function and enable the boot system f lash device : f ilename command, use .
88 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Obtaining Documentation The conf ig-reg 0x2102 command, with the he xadecimal value 0x2102, results in the follo wing: .
89 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Obtaining Technical Assistance Documentation CD-ROM Cisco documentation and additional literature are av ailable in a Cisco Documentation CD-R OM package, which may hav e shipped with your product.
90 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Obtaining Technical Assistance Cisco TAC Website The Cisco T AC website ( http://www .cisco.com/tac ) provides online documents and tools for troubleshooting and resolving technical issues with Cisco products and technologies.
91 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Obtaining Additional Publications and Information Obtaining Additional Publications and Information Information about Cisco products, technologies, and network solutions is av ailable from various online and printed sources.
92 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Obtaining Additional Publications and Information Copyright © 2004 Cisco Systems, Inc.
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