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

Wed May 6 10:34:36 EDT 2009

Hi Oriana,

            Just a small notice (my mistake).. I though you were running a 7750 SR4 and not 7710 c4. The 7750 SR4 was an old box which was end-of-lifed some years ago. The 7710 C4 is alive and kicking well ;-)

            In any case, the suggestions apply for both 7750 and 7710 family (and 7450).

Cheers,

Diego Garcia del Rio
New Product Introduction - Network Design Engineer 
IP Division
Alcatel-Lucent - Antwerpen
Mobile: +32 4734 30 245
OnNET 2 605 3871
Phone (+32) 3 2403871 
e-mail diego.garcia_del_rio at alcatel-lucent.com 

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From: alcatel-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:alcatel-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Oriana Palivan
Sent: 06 May 2009 02:58
To: alcatel-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [alcatel-nsp] router upgrade (7710) by swap of compact flashcards ?

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
Mobile: +32 4734 30 245
OnNET 2 605 3871
Phone (+32) 3 2403871
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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
>
>
>
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