Installing Network Module in 3745 router 1

[IRudebwoy]

I've installed an NM-1T3/E3 card into my router but the router doesn't recognize the interface. My assumption is the IOS version is too low. The required version is 12.2(15)T. Is that the boot strap version requirement?

I thought I was running version 12.3(3).

See for yourselves. Boot output

System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(8r)T2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
TAC Support: [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.cisco.com/tac[/URL]
Copyright (c) 2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
c3745 processor with 262144 Kbytes of main memory
Main memory is configured to 64 bit mode with parity disabled


Readonly ROMMON initialized
program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0xb4e0

program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0x11e65d0
Self decompressing the image : <removed> [OK]

Smart Init is enabled
smart init is sizing iomem
  ID            MEMORY_REQ                 TYPE
0002F7          0X005F3C00 C3745 Mainboard
0001AA          0X0025178C 1A DS3
000345          0X000F6400 Clear/Fractional 1 port T3/E3
                0X00140000 OIR memory
                0X000F3BB0 public buffer pools
                0X00211000 public particle pools
TOTAL:          0X00D8033C

<Unimportant stuff removed>

Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) 3700 Software (C3745-IS-M), Version 12.3(3), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Copyright (c) 1986-2003 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Tue 19-Aug-03 08:25 by dchih
Image text-base: 0x60008954, data-base: 0x61B40000

cisco 3745 (R7000) processor (revision 2.0) with 247808K/14336K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID <removed>
R7000 CPU at 350Mhz, Implementation 39, Rev 3.3, 256KB L2, 2048KB L3 Cache
Bridging software.
X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
SuperLAT software (copyright 1990 by Meridian Technology Corp).
2 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
1 ATM network interface(s)
1 Subrate T3/E3 ports(s)
DRAM configuration is 64 bits wide with parity disabled.
151K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
31360K bytes of ATA System CompactFlash (Read/Write)
125184K bytes of ATA Slot0 CompactFlash (Read/Write)

Output of show idb

Maximum number of Software IDBs 1400.  In use 6.

                       HWIDBs     SWIDBs
Active                      3          5
Inactive                    2          1
Total IDBs                  5          6
Size each (bytes)        4640       1336
Total bytes             23200       8016

HWIDB#1   FastEthernet0/0 (HW SB CDP(4), MAC ADDR(2), Ether(1))
HWIDB#2   FastEthernet0/1 (HW SB CDP(4), MAC ADDR(2), Ether(1))
HWIDB#3   ATM1/0 (MAC ADDR(2), HW ATM(3))
SWIDB#1   VoIP-Null0 (NetBIOS(3), KEEPALIVE(1))
SWIDB#2   FastEthernet0/0 (SW CDP(8), IGMP(5), DSS(4), NetBIOS(3), KEEPALIVE(1))
SWIDB#3   FastEthernet0/1 (SW CDP(8), Tbridge(7), STP(6), DSS(4), NetBIOS(3), KEEPALIVE(1))
SWIDB#4   ATM1/0 (SW FIB PENDING EVENT(10002), NetBIOS(3), SW ATM SUB(2), KEEPALIVE(1))
SWIDB#5   ATM1/0.32 (SW FIB PENDING EVENT(10002), SW ATM SUB(2))

Do I need to pay for an IOS upgrade so my card will be recognized?

I've never installed a module before. Am I missing something to initialize the card for use?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[vipergg]

I think you have to a little configuring to see the card , define controller T3 and then see if it shows up. It shows in hardware. I think the ios version is ok .

1 Subrate T3/E3 ports(s)


card type t3 slot
Example:

Router(config)# card type t3 1



Selects the card type.

•Creates a T3 controller and a serial interface.

•t3—Selects the T3 controller.

•slot—Slot number of the interface.

•By default, the T3 controller does not show up in the show running-config output.

Step 2


controller t3 slot/port
Example:

Router(config)# controller t3 1


Specifies the T3 controller and enters controller configuration mode.

 

[IRudebwoy]

Right on dood!

I thought I was missing something. Thanks for the info. I've always config'd routers after all the modules have been installed by someone else.

The T3 module works great.

Next stop, 45Mb internet. Woo Hoo!