You can use 7000 boards in a 7500 if they are 7500 compatible. You can
check this by going to the 7000 (with the card it it) and doing a show
diag.
This is a 7000 board that will run in a 7500.
7000-4a#sho diag
Slot 0:
Physical slot 0, ~physical slot 0xF, logical slot 0, CBus 0
Microcode Status 0x0
Master Enable, LED, WCS Loaded
EEPROM format version 1
FIP controller, HW rev 2.14, board revision A0
Serial number: 12270026 Part number: 73-0892-06
Test history: 0x07 RMA number: 215-83-67
Flags: cisco 7000 board; 7500 compatible <-- *** look here ***
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This is a 7000 board that will only run in a 7000.
Slot 1:
Physical slot 1, ~physical slot 0xE, logical slot 1, CBus 0
Microcode Status 0x0
Master Enable, LED, WCS Loaded
EEPROM format version 1
Serial controller, HW rev 1.01, board revision B0
Serial number: 00752947 Part number: 73-0970-02
Test history: 0x00 RMA number: 00-00-00
Flags: cisco 7000 board <-- *** look here ***
Hope this helps.
Dale
Earlier rtc wrote:
>
>We tried and the board from the 7500 didn't even light up.
>
> A coworker mumbled something about Flashing var, or reloading
>
> RAM...what should we do; can we even do it...
>
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