Page 2 - Related Documentation
2 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Related Documentation • Troubleshooting the Installation, page 64 • Maintenance Information, page 69 • Reference Information, page 80 • Obtaining Documentation, page 88 • Obtaining Technical Assistance, page 89 • Obtaini...
Page 3 - Product Description
3 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Product Description – Ordering Documentation, page 89 – Documentation Feedback, page 89 – Obtaining Technical Assistance, page 89 – Obtaining Additional Publications and Information, page 91 Product Description The topic...
Page 5 - CPU
5 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Product Description Figure 2 RSP8 Components CPU The CPU used in the RSP8 is a 250-MHz R7000 with 256-KB Layer 2 cache. 1 MEMD SRAM 6 Flash EPROM (ROMmon) U7 2 Bus connectors 7 Auxiliary port 3 CPU 8 Flash memory SIMM ho...
Page 6 - Memory Components; DRAM; SRAM; Type
6 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Product Description Memory Components Table 1 shows the memory components on the RSP8. DRAM DRAM stores routing tables, protocols, and network accounting applications and runs the Cisco IOSsoftware. The standard (default...
Page 7 - NVRAM; Flash Memory Cards and Flash Disks; Jumpers; LEDs
7 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Product Description Note SRAM is fixed and is not field-upgradable. NVRAM The system configuration, software configuration register settings, and environmental monitoring logsare contained in the 2-MB NVRAM, which is bac...
Page 8 - PC Card Slots; Serial Ports; LED Label
8 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Product Description PC Card Slots The RSP8 has two PC Card slots available. Either slot can support a Flash memory card or a Flash Disk.Type I and Type II PC Cards can be used in PC Card slot 0 and slot 1. Type III PC Ca...
Page 9 - Specifications; System Software; Description
9 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Product Description Specifications Table 3 lists the physical specifications for the RSP8: System Software The Cisco 7507, Cisco 7507-MX, Cisco 7513, and Cisco 7513-MX routers support downloadablesystem software and micr...
Page 10 - Installation Prerequisites; Safety Guidelines
10 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installation Prerequisites Installation Prerequisites Before beginning the installation procedures, review the following sections to ensure awareness of theappropriate regulatory and safety requirements, and to ensure t...
Page 12 - Electrical Equipment Guidelines; Telephone Wiring Guidelines; Preventing Electrostatic Discharge Damage
12 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installation Prerequisites Electrical Equipment Guidelines Follow these basic guidelines when working with any electrical equipment: • Before beginning any procedures requiring access to the chassis interior, locate the...
Page 13 - Compatibility Requirements; Chassis Slot and DRAM Requirements
13 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installation Prerequisites • When you remove a processor module, place it component-side-up on an antistatic surface or in astatic shielding bag. Immediately place the module in a static shielding bag if you need to ret...
Page 14 - Software Prerequisites; Hardware Prerequisites
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 You can reboot from a Flash memory card or Flash Disk in the RSP8 that was...
Page 15 - Microcode Requirements; List of Parts and Tools
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, orRSP4, you must reformat the Flash memory card. Flash memory cards formatted on any of t...
Page 16 - Installing the RSP8; Removing the RSP8
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, hardware, and microcoderequirements described in the “Compatibility Requirements” section on page 13 . This ...
Page 18 - Replacing the RSP8
18 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installing the RSP8 Step 7 Place the removed 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 prevent ESD damage. Step 8 Attach the equipment ...
Page 20 - Connecting a Console Terminal; Connecting to the Auxiliary Port; Using the Y-Cables for Console and Auxiliary Connections
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 configure in order to communicate with your system...
Page 21 - Restarting the System
21 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Installing the RSP8 Note The Y-cables are not required; two individual console cables and two individual auxiliary cables can beused instead. Figure 6 shows the console Y-cable and Figure 7 shows the auxiliary Y-cable. ...
Page 24 - Configuring the Router for a Single RSP8; Using the EXEC Command Interpreter
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 have a single RSP8, you can configure your system according to the Cisco IOS release appropriatefor your router. See the Cisco IOS...
Page 25 - Configuring High System Availability; HSA Active and Standby Operation
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 availability (HSA), a feature that enables a router to continueprocessing and forwarding packets after a plann...
Page 26 - HSA Implementation Methods
26 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability If a system crash causes the active RSP8 to fail, the standby RSP8 becomes the new active RSP8 anduses its own system image and configuration file to reboot the router. The failed RS...
Page 27 - HSA System Requirements; HSA Configuration Task List
27 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability HSA System Requirements To configure HSA operation with the RSP8, you must have: • A Cisco 7507, Cisco 7507-MX, Cisco 7513, or Cisco 7513-MX containing one RSP activeprocessor card, ...
Page 28 - Specifying the Default Standby RSP; Ensuring that Both RSPs Contain the Same Configuration Files; Command
28 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability Specifying the Default Standby RSP Your view of the environment is always from the active RSP8 perspective, and you must define a defaultstandby RSP8. The router uses the default sta...
Page 29 - Ensuring that Both RSPs Contain the Same System Image
29 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability Automatic synchronization mode is on by default; however, to turn it on manually, use the followingcommands beginning in privileged EXEC configuration mode: The following example tur...
Page 30 - Ensuring that Both RSPs Contain the Same Microcode Image
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 Flashmemory card is currently the default.) See Flash Memory Card Installation Instruction...
Page 33 - Upgrading to a New Software Version Example
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 examples show systems with two RSP8s. The following example describes an upgrade scenario under the following condition...
Page 35 - Backing Up with an Older Software Version Example
35 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability Step 4 Enter global configuration mode and configure the system to boot first from aCisco IOS Release 12.0(22.3)S1 system image and then from a Cisco IOS Release 12.0(23)S systemimag...
Page 38 - Setting Environment Variables on the Active and the Standby RSPs; Manually Setting Environment Variables on the Standby RSP
38 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability Step 4 Configure the system to boot first from a Cisco IOS Release 12.0(22.3)S1 system image and then froma Cisco IOS Release 12.0(23)S system image: Router# configure terminal Route...
Page 39 - Automatically Setting Environment Variables on the Standby RSP
39 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability However, automatic synchronization is enabled by default on the RSP. Therefore, unless you havedisabled automatic synchronization, or this is the first time you are installing a seco...
Page 40 - Monitoring and Maintaining HSA Operation
40 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Configuring High System Availability You do not need to use the slave sync config command when automatic synchronization is enabled,unless this is the first time you are installing a second RSP. For more information abo...
Page 41 - Enabling High Availability Features; High Availability Feature Overview
41 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features You can manually synchronize configuration files and ROM monitor environment variables on the activeand the standby RSPs using the following command in privileged EXEC configuration m...
Page 43 - Hardware and Software Prerequisites; Installation Procedures
43 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features • Cisco Nonstop Forwarding (NSF) —Used with SSO, NSF allows routers with redundant RSPs tocontinue forwarding data to the standby RSP during a switchover. This feature uses the Forwar...
Page 44 - Enabling the Router; Copying an Image onto an RSP
44 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Enabling the Router To enter privileged EXEC configuration mode, enable the router using the following steps: Step 1 At the user-level EXEC prompt, run the enable command. The router ...
Page 46 - Setting the Config-Register Boot Variable; Configuring RPR and RPR+
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 that you modify the software configuration register boot fieldso that the system boots the same image...
Page 48 - Verifying RPR and RPR+
48 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Verifying RPR and RPR+ Use the show redundancy command to verify that RPR or RPR+ is enabled: Router# show redundancy Operating mode is sso redundancy mode sso hw-module slot 6 image ...
Page 50 - Verifying SSO
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 devices supporting Frame Relay and is optional. Toconfigure Frame Relay ...
Page 52 - Configuring CEF NSF
52 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Configuring Nonstop Forwarding (NSF) Cisco Nonstop Forwarding (NSF) always runs together with SSO. If you have not already configuredSSO, refer to the “Configuring a Stateful Switchov...
Page 53 - Configuring OSPF NSF; Configuring IS-IS NSF
53 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features To configure BGP for NSF, use the following commands beginning in privileged EXEC configurationmode, and repeat this procedure on each of the BGP NSF peer devices: Configuring OSPF NS...
Page 54 - Verifying CEF NSF; To verify that CEF is NSF-capable, use the show cef state command:
54 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Verifying CEF NSF To verify that CEF is NSF-capable, use the show cef state command: Router# show cef state CEF Status [RP] CEF enabled/running dCEF enabled/running CEF switching enab...
Page 55 - Verifying BGP NSF
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 state: I am standby RRP: no RF Peer Presence: yes RF PeerComm reached: yes Redundancy mode: sso(7) CE...
Page 56 - Verifying OSPF NSF
56 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Verifying OSPF NSF To verify NSF for OSPF, you must check that the NSF function is configured on the SSO-enablednetworking device. Perform the following steps: Step 1 Verify that “nsf...
Page 58 - Troubleshooting NSF Features
58 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Troubleshooting NSF Features To troubleshoot the NSF feature, use the following commands in privileged EXEC configuration mode,as needed: NSF Troubleshooting Tips For the following tr...
Page 59 - BGP NSF Configuration Example; BGP NSF Neighbor Device Configuration Example; OSPF NSF Configuration Example; IS-IS NSF Configuration Example
59 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features BGP NSF Configuration Example The following example configures BGP NSF on a networking device: Router# configure terminal Router(config)# router bgp 590 Router(config-router)# bgp gra...
Page 60 - Performing a Fast Software Upgrade
60 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Performing a Fast Software Upgrade To perform a Fast Software Upgrade (FSU), use the following commands beginning in privileged EXECconfiguration mode: Command Purpose Step 1 Router# ...
Page 62 - Fast Software Upgrade Example; Configuring SLCR; Enabling SLCR
62 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Fast Software Upgrade Example The following example show a Fast Software Upgrade performed on a Cisco 7507 router with an activeRSP in slot 2 and a standby RSP installed in slot 3. Ro...
Page 63 - Disabling SLCR; Router# show redundancy
63 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Enabling High Availability Features Disabling SLCR To disable the Cisco 7500 Single Line Card Reload feature, use the no service single-slot-reload-enableglobal configuration command on the Cisco 7500 series router. Ver...
Page 64 - Monitoring and Maintaining the Active and Standby RSPs; Verifying LEDs; System Power LEDs
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 To display information about the active and the standby RSPs, use any of the following commandsbeginning in p...
Page 65 - RSP8 LEDs
65 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Troubleshooting the Installation RSP8 LEDs Figure 12 shows the LEDs on the RSP8 faceplate. The LEDs on the RSP8 indicate the system and RSP8 status and which PC Card slot is active. The CPU halt LED, which goes on only ...
Page 66 - Verifying System Startup Sequence
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 startupsequence. Because you turn on the system power with ...
Page 68 - Troubleshooting a Router That is Failing to Boot; Troubleshooting a Failed 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, sus...
Page 69 - Reloading a Failed RSP; Maintenance Information; Saving and Retrieving a Configuration File
69 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information Step 4 Wait 15 seconds. Step 5 Reinsert the standby RSP8. This completes the procedure to remove and replace an interface processor. Reloading a Failed RSP When a new active RSP takes over owners...
Page 70 - Using the ping Command to Ensure Connectivity
70 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information Configuration information resides in two places when the router is operating: the startup default(permanent) configuration in NVRAM, and the running (temporary) memory in RAM. The defaultstartup ...
Page 71 - Copying the Configuration File
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: ..... Success rate is 0 percent (0/5) Router# If the connection fails, check the physical connection to the remote file server an...
Page 73 - Retrieving the Configuration File
73 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information Retrieving the Configuration File This section describes how to retrieve the saved configuration and copy it to NVRAM. Enter privilegedEXEC configuration mode and specify that you will configure ...
Page 74 - Replacing and Upgrading DRAM DIMMs
74 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information While the router retrieves and reloads the configuration file from the remote host, the console displayindicates whether or not the operation is successful. A series of exclamation points (!!!!) ...
Page 75 - Product Numbers
75 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information Note The total number of memory devices per DIMM differs for each manufacturer. The DIMMs in Figure 2 are generic representations of the actual DRAM DIMMs for your RSP. Table 4 lists the various ...
Page 76 - Removing DIMMs
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 remove the existing DIMMs: Step 1 Turn off the system power and follow the steps in th...
Page 77 - Installing New DIMMs
77 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information Step 7 Place the removed DIMM on an antistatic mat, and store it in an antistatic container to protect it fromESD damage. Step 8 Repeat Step 4 through Step 7 for the remaining DIMM, if required f...
Page 78 - Checking the RSP Memory Upgrade; Recovering a Lost Password
78 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information Checking the RSP Memory Upgrade This section describes how you would verify the memory upgrade. • Observe the LED states and the console display. As the system reinitializes the interfaces, theen...
Page 79 - Initialize the router using the i command as follows:
79 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Maintenance Information To recover a lost password, follow these steps: Step 1 Attach an ASCII terminal to the router console port, which is located on the rear panel. Step 2 Configure the terminal to operate at 9600 ba...
Page 80 - Reference Information; Console Port Signals; Pin
80 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Reference Information Step 9 Press Return. After some interface information, the prompt appears as follows: Router > Step 10 Use the enable command to enter privileged EXEC configuration mode. The prompt changes to t...
Page 81 - Auxiliary Port Signals; Console and Auxiliary Y-Cable Pinouts
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 orDSU or other equipment in order to access the router from the network. The a...
Page 82 - Software Configuration Register Settings; Signal Description
82 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Reference Information Software Configuration Register Settings Settings for the 16-bit software configuration register are written into the NVRAM. Following are somereasons for changing the software configuration regist...
Page 83 - Bit Number; Boot Field
83 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Reference Information • To recover a lost password • To allow you to manually boot the system using the b command at the bootstrap program prompt • To force the router to boot automatically from the system bootstrap sof...
Page 84 - Changing Settings; Bit Meanings; Definitions of the various b command options follow:
84 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Reference Information Changing Settings To change the configuration register while running the system software, follow these steps: Step 1 To enter privileged EXEC configuration mode, use the enable command and your pas...
Page 86 - Enabling a Boot from Flash Memory; Baud
86 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Reference Information Bit 8 controls the console Break key. Setting bit 8 (the factory default) causes the processor to ignore theconsole Break key. Clearing bit 8 causes the processor to interpret the Break key as a co...
Page 87 - Enabling a Boot from the Flash Disk
87 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Reference Information To disable the Break function and enable the boot system flash device:filename command, use theconfig-register command with the value shown in the following example: Router(config)# config-reg 0x01...
Page 88 - Press Ctrl-Z or type end to exit global configuration mode:; Using Flash Memory; Obtaining Documentation
88 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Obtaining Documentation The config-reg 0x2102 command, with the hexadecimal value 0x2102, results in the following: • Enables the system to boot the default boot ROM software if the Flash Disk-based image fails toboot—h...
Page 89 - Ordering Documentation; Documentation Feedback; Obtaining Technical Assistance
89 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Obtaining Technical Assistance Documentation CD-ROM Cisco documentation and additional literature are available in a Cisco Documentation CD-ROMpackage, which may have shipped with your product. The Documentation CD-ROM ...
Page 90 - Cisco TAC Website
90 Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide OL-4920-02 Obtaining Technical Assistance Cisco TAC Website The Cisco TAC website ( http://www.cisco.com/tac ) provides online documents and tools for troubleshooting and resolving technical issues with Cisco products and technolo...
Page 91 - Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
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 available from various onlineand printed sourc...
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