Cisco 36xx PCMCIA Slot/Flash cards

yukky

PCMCIA Flash Card

The Cisco IOS software image can also be stored on a PCMCIA Flash card on either of the 2 available PCMCIA slots provided on the Cisco 3660, Cisco 3640 and Cisco 3620. Partitioning is also supported on the PCMCIA cards that support 8 MB or more capacity.

Two PCMCIA Flash cards are currently available: 8 MB and 16 MB.

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I'm not sure if anyone here as experimented with the PCMCIA slot on the 36xx series routers, but is any (non-Cisco branded) PCMCIA ATA Flash card compatible with the router? How about another type of memory such as a compact flash+pcmcia adapter? Will sizes >16MB work?

dtlokee

I have put 32MB cards in them, but never through an adapter of any sort. I have used different brands with no issues (usually the SMART and Viking cards.)

yukky

dtlokee wrote:

I have put 32MB cards in them, but never through an adapter of any sort. I have used different brands with no issues (usually the SMART and Viking cards.)

Are they ATA Flash or Linear Flash? Does that seem to make any difference?

BTW: Are they hot swappable, or must they be inserted before boot?

networker050184

They are hot swappable, but I'm not sure about the difference in the types of flash.....

yukky

I've done a little research, looks like I need to get linear flash pcmcia cards specifically. The 32MB cards were detected as 32MB? Any other brands to look at besides SMART and Viking?