Specifications
Cable Installation and Interface Configuration 8-11
Checking the Configuration
Use the show version command to display the configuration of the system hardware (the number of
each port adapter type installed), the software version, the names and sources of configuration files,
and the boot images. Following is an example of the output from the show version command:
Router# show version
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) 7200 Software (C7200-J-M), Version 11.1(12)CA1
Copyright (c) 1986-1996 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 09-Aug-96 21:14 by biff
Image text-base: 0x60010890, data-base: 0x605F0000
ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 11.1(12)CA1, RELEASED SOFTWARE
ROM: 7200 Software (C7200-J-M), Version 11.1(12)CA1, RELEASED SOFTWARE
Router uptime is 23 hours
System restarted by reload
System image file is “biff/c7200-j-mz”, booted via tftp from 10.10.10.254
cisco 7200 (R4700) processor with 22528K/10240K bytes of memory.
R4700 processor, Implementation 33, Revision 1.0 (Level 2 Cache)
Last reset from power-on
Bridging software.
SuperLAT software copyright 1990 by Meridian Technology Corp).
X.25 software, Version 2.0, NET2, BFE and GOSIP compliant.
TN3270 Emulation software (copyright 1994 by TGV Inc).
(additional display text omitted from this example)
1 HSSI network interfaces.
125K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
8192K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 256K).
Configuration register is 0x0
Use the show diag slot command to determine which type of port adapter is installed in your system.
Specific port adapter information is displayed, as shown in the following example of a PA-H in port
adapter slot 2:
Router# show diag 2
Slot 2:
HSSI-B port adapter, 1 port
Port adapter is analyzed
Port adapter insertion time 2d13h ago
Hardware revision 1.1 Board revision A0
Serial number 4518292 Part number 73-1801-05
Test history 0x0 RMA number 00-00-00
EEPROM format version 1
EEPROM contents (hex):
0x20: 01 74 01 01 00 44 F1 94 49 07 09 05 00 00 00 00
0x30: 50 00 00 00 97 04 21 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
Note Port adapters used with the Cisco 7206 VXR routers require the correct base hardware
revision in order to function. The following error message will occur on bootup if the incorrect
hardware revision is used:
PA-3-REVNOTSUPPORTED:PA in slot 1 (Ethernet) requires base h/w revision of (1.14)
for this chassis
Use the show diag command to display the hardware revision.