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
Network Processing Engine
NPE-G2
NPE-G1
Software Requirements
Table 8-4
and
the network processing engine or network services engine in supported router platforms.
Table 8-4
Router Platform
Cisco 7200 Series
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•
Cisco AS5800
Universal Access Server
•
•
Cisco uBR7200 series
Network Processing Engine and Network Services Engine Installation and Configuration
8-4
Table
8-3.
Network Processing Engines Supporting the Port Adapter Jacket Card
lists the minimum software requirements for the NPE-400, NPE-G1, and NPE-G2.
Table 8-6
list the recommended minimum Cisco IOS software release to ensure proper operation of
Software Requirements for the NPE-400, NPE-G1, and NPE-G2
Network Processing Engine
NPE-400
Cisco 7204VXR
Cisco IOS Release
and
12.1(3a)E or later
Cisco 7206VXR
releases of 12.1E
Cisco IOS Release
12.1(5)T or later
releases of 12.1T
Cisco IOS Release
12.0(14)S or later
releases of 12.0S
Cisco 7204 and
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Cisco 7206
Cisco 7202
—
Cisco 7206 router
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2
shelf
Cisco 7206VXR
Cisco IOS Release
router shelf
12.2(5)M or later
releases of 12.2M
Software
Cisco IOS Release 12.4(4)XD2
Cisco IOS Release 12.4(4)XD
NPE-G1
Cisco IOS Release
12.2(4)BW
Cisco IOS Release
12.2(8)B or later
releases of 12.2 B
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Preparation for Installation
Table 8-5
NPE-G2
Cisco IOS Release
12.4(4)XD or later releases
of 12.4XD.
Note
The NPE-G2
uses software
images that begin
with the prefix
"c7200p-".
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