Cisco introduced 'warm' reload...

Sun Sep 14 22:54:28 UTC 2003

On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 08:11:52PM -0700, Michel Py wrote:
> Rodney,
> 
> > Rodney Dunn wrote:
> > Thanks for pointing that out.  I'll have it removed
> > from the CLI for any platforms where it's not supported.
> 
> Actually, there's nothing to remove. The 
> 
> > cisco7507#reload ?
> >   LINE    Reason for reload
> 
> Is perfectly legitimate.

I agree.  But it shouldn't accept the command even though
it's not visible.

75xx_Lab#sh ver | incl IOS
IOS (tm) RSP Software (RSP-JSV-M), Version 12.3(2)T,  RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
75xx_Lab#rel warm

System configuration has been modified. Save? [yes/no]: yes
Warning: Attempting to overwrite an NVRAM configuration previously written
by a different version of the system image.
Overwrite the previous NVRAM configuration?[confirm]n
No action taken because command was not confirmed
Proceed with reload? [confirm]n

> 
> 
> > The currently supported platforms are:
> > 3660 and 3745 in 12.3(2)T
> > 7200 in 12.2(18)S
> > I'll also check on future platform implementations and
> > let you know.  While at first the feature seems platform
> > independent it turns out there are some platform
> > dependencies.
> 
> If I may, it would be a hell of a good idea to make it work on platforms
> such as the 7500 where one would think it is un-necessary. On paper,
> having a feature set with rpr/rpr+ would render this command
> un-necessary on a 7500 with dual RSPs. In practice, there are so many
> compatibility issues with rpr/rpr+ and other features that some 7500s
> that have dual RSPs run a non-rpr image and the second RSP is sitting in
> the router as a spare.

Sure you may.  I'll check with the 7500 group and let you know what the
plans are for this platform.

Rodney

> 
> Michel.
> 