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Checking the Installation
Use the following sections to verify that the RSP7000 upgrade kit operates properly in your
Cisco 7000 series router.
Formatting the Flash Memory Card
If you had a Flash memory card installed in the PCMCIA slot of your RP, you must reformat it if
you want to use it with your new RSP7000. You cannot read data on the RP's Flash memory card,
or use it as bootable media, unless you reformat it. Flash memory cards formatted on the RP-based
systems (7000 series routers) are formatted differently from Flash memory cards formatted on
RSP-based systems (7500 series and RSP7000-based routers).
Caution
loss of important data that might be stored on a Flash memory card, proceed carefully. If you want
to save the data on a Flash memory card, copy the data to a server before you format the card, then
retrieve the date after the card is reformatted.
Note
Use the following procedure to format a new Flash memory card:
Step 1
Step 2
Note
the system counted the card's sectors backwards from 64 to 1 as it formatted them. For 16-MB Flash
memory cards, the system counts backwards from 128 to 1, and for 20-MB Flash memory cards, the
system counts backwards from 160 to 1.
The new Flash memory card is now formatted and ready to use.
The formatting procedure erases all information on the Flash memory card. To prevent the
Refer to the section "Saving and Retrieving the Configuration File" on page 11.
Insert the Flash memory card into Slot 0. (If Slot 0 is not available, use Slot 1.)
To format the Flash memory card, use the format slot0: (or format slot1:) command as
follows. (Use only Intel Series 2+ Flash memory cards.)
Router# format slot0:
All sectors will be erased, proceed? [confirm]
Enter volume id (up to 30 characters): MyNewCard
Formatting sector 1
Format device slot0 completed
Router#
For this example, an 8-MB Flash memory card was used, and at the line "Formatting sector,"
Installing the RSP7000 Upgrade Kit in the Cisco 7000 Series Routers
Checking the Installation
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