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Supervisor Memory Requirements
With either a native Cisco IOS Software or hybrid Cisco IOS Software model, the system memory
requirements are primarily determined by the network environment, including how many Layer 3
routes or Cisco Express Forwarding prefixes will be used by the system. The release notes for
individual Cisco IOS Software releases contain the minimum memory required for the supported
supervisor engines and feature sets. Cisco requires that same amounts of memory be installed for
both the switch processor and the route processor. Table 3 provides a summary of the minimum
memory requirements for Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2SX running on supported supervisor
engines.
Table 3. Cisco IOS Software 12.2SX Minimum System Memory Requirements by Supervisor Engine
Cisco Catalyst 6500
Series Supervisor
Engine 720-3BXL
Cisco Catalyst 6500
Series Supervisor
Engine 720-3B
Cisco Catalyst 6500
Supervisor Engine 32
Cisco Catalyst 6500
Series Supervisor
Engine 2
System
Memory
(DRAM)
●
Switch processor =
1 GB
●
Route processor =
1GB
●
Switch processor =
512 MB
●
Route processor =
512 MB
(No memory upgrades
are offered for the
PFC3B; however the
PFC3BXL upgrade
includes memory to
upgrade both the
switch processor and
route processor to 1GB
●
Switch processor =
256 MB
●
Route processor =
256 MB for IP Base
SSH LAN ONLY
image (does not
apply for IP BASE
LAN ONLY
MODULAR image),
●
Switch processor =
512 MB
●
Route processor =
512 MB for all other
images
(Beginning in May 2006
all Cisco Catalyst 6500
Supervisor Engine 32
units began shipping
with 512 MB system
memory)
●
Switch processor =
256 MB
●
Route processor =
256 MB
(Any Cisco Catalyst
6500 Series Supervisor
Engine 2 must be
running 256 MB system
memory to support a
12.2SX software
release)
Verifying System Memory
Use the console command show version to display the amount of system DRAM installed on an
existing system.
Cisco Catalyst OS
Figure 4 shows the partial output from the show version console command for a Cisco Catalyst
6500 Supervisor Engine 32 10 Gigabit Ethernet system configured with the default 256 MB of
system memory. Because this a Cisco Catalyst OS implementation, which only runs on the switch
processor, the memory statistics are for the switch processor. To see the memory statistics on the
route processor in a hybrid software model, use the Cisco IOS Software console command show
version from the MSFC console, as described below.
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