If I were to recommend an image it'd be 12.1(8a)E5 as it is the
most bug-free release i've found as of yet.
But there is a bug that will crash the router in 12.1(8a)E5 as well
as a nasty memory leak in 12.1(8b)E6. As far as I know it's not fixed
in 12.1(8b)E7
- Jared
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 06:59:31PM -0600, Tim Devries wrote:
> I've used Version 12.1(8a)E, with the fabric modules, and have had no
> problems.
> We had this version runing on 5 6509's with redundant fabric modules, and
> they gave us the less trouble then other devices, as far as bugs were
> concerned.
>
> Just my experience tho'
>
> Tim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jared Mauch" <jared@puck.nether.net>
> To: "Steve Francis" <steve@expertcity.com>
> Cc: <cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 4:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [nsp] cat 6500 Native IOS recommendations?
>
>
> >
> > I would use great caution as this software is very delicate
> > in my experience.
> >
> > Anyone from cisco that wants more information feel free to
> > send me direct mail.
> >
> > - Jared
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 01:15:27PM -0800, Steve Francis wrote:
> > > I'm about to deploy a couple of 6509's with MSFC2 for the first time.
> > >
> > > It looks like Native IOS is the way to go - needed for fabric switching
> > > modules (not that I'm running any yet), and the layer 2 stuff that is
> > > not present in that that CatOS supports is nothing I want, and is all
> > > planned for future IOS support. SO it seems native IOS is the direction
> > > cisco is taking.
> > >
> > > So, is the latest 12.1.E release the best image to run (currently
> > > 12.1.8bE7 seems the latest available from CCO)?
> > >
> > > TIA
> >
> > --
> > Jared Mauch | pgp key available via finger from jared@puck.nether.net
> > clue++; | http://puck.nether.net/~jared/ My statements are only
> mine.
> >
-- Jared Mauch | pgp key available via finger from jared@puck.nether.net clue++; | http://puck.nether.net/~jared/ My statements are only mine.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sun Aug 04 2002 - 04:12:58 EDT