[alcatel-nsp] router upgrade (7710) by swap of compact flash cards ?

[Oriana Palivan]

Hello,

Thanks a lot for your answers!

Kind regards, Oriana

2009/5/5 GARCIA DEL RIO Diego <Diego.Garcia_Del_Rio at alcatel-lucent.be>

> Hi Oriana,
>
>        Just an extra note. There is no problem in this type of upgrade as
> long as you are not using any kind of "persistence" (such as dhcp
> persistence or subscriber management). Since you are currently running
> 3.0R9, I highly doubt this will be the case.
>
>        In any case, as a general note, if you do have configuration
> requiring "persistence", then you should power down the node and copy the
> persistence file to the new CF before power-up. Another option is to put the
> new CF in a secondary slot (as CF1 or CF2) and tell the router to save the
> persistence information to this new card. You should be able then to swap
> the cards when the node is powered down and reboot.
>
>        By the way, you're probably one of the last operators running SR4s
> in a network.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Diego Garcia del Rio
> New Product Introduction - Network Design Engineer
> IP Division
> Alcatel-Lucent - Antwerpen
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: alcatel-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:
> alcatel-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Aleksandr Kuzminsky
> Sent: 05 May 2009 15:27
> To: alcatel-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [alcatel-nsp] router upgrade (7710) by swap of compact flash
> cards ?
>
> Hello Oriana,
>
> That will work, however please note, some CF are not recognized by 7x50.
> Some time ago i had 3 brand new 512M SanDisk CF. One of them was
> invisible on 7750 eventhough all worked perfectly on a laptop.
>
> -Aleks
> Oriana Palivan schrieb:
> > Dear all,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am planning a major upgrade for the two 7710 SR4 I have in production
> > as internet routers: from 3.R9 to release 7. I have a 7710 SR4 in my lab
> > and some spare compact flashes, so I can really test the upgrade in the
> > lab and adjust the configurations of the routers in production. What I
> > would like to do for the routers in production is the following:
> >
> > -       Prepare in the lab and test the compact flash card in lab with
> > the files of the release 7 (boot and firmware), and the right bof and
> > configuration files.
> >
> > -       Power down the router
> >
> > -       Change the CF containing the actual running release 3 with the
> > one prepared in the lab for release 7
> >
> > -       Power up the router
> >
> >
> >
> > Since I can format compact flash cards on my laptop and the use them on
> > the router I suppose that this should work. Yet, Alcatel upgrade
> > procedure does not mention the possibility of exchanging CFs for the
> > upgrade. Does anyone made an upgrade like this? May I encounter any
> > problem?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your help!
> >
> > Kind regards, Oriana
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Oriana Palivan
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> >
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Oriana Palivan
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