I just purchased a Cisco 2811. It has a 64MB flash card. I need a 256MB flash for the IOS I have to load.
This thing looks like an industry-standard flash card I can buy at BestBuy for $35...
Is it? Do I have to pay the $600 CDW wants for a 256MB flash card, or can I just use a $35 256MB flash card I purchase at Best Buy?
I copied the 64MB flash contents to a 128MB CompactFlash card I had laying around into the unit and it seemed to work just fine.
Not sure about the 2811, but I just plugged in a Wintek CF card w/ 256 MB into my Catalyst 6500 Sup 720 and successfully copied my bootflash image to it. I have access to a 2811, so I'll let you know if it works.
Brian
V> I just purchased a Cisco 2811. It has a 64MB flash card. I need a 256MB
Yes, it is. Should work fine.
Cisco's memory pricing has historically been astronomically expensive. They haven't changed pricing models on that any time lately.
Thanks everyone. I picked up a Lexar CompactFlash card on the way home last nite, and it seems to work A-OK.
Oddly enough, there is one file on the "stock" CompactFlash card which I cannot seem to copy. The file, "128MB.sdf", doesn't seem to be needed, though. I have no idea what its for, but it appears really the only file I need on the compactflash card is the IOS image itself I want to boot.
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