[c-nsp] SXF15/SXF15a experiences?

[Phil Mayers]

Janet Sullivan wrote:
> Phil Mayers wrote:
>> Janet Sullivan wrote:
>>> I'm interested in hearing about people's experiences with SXF15/15a, 
>>> especially in an internet edge/full BGP route table type environment. 
>>> So far I've run into one oddity with SXF15 (BGP wasn't updating the 
>>> local routing table until a clear ip route *), and I'm debating 
>>> whether to downgrade.
>>
>> That bug was discussed on the list recently. Search for the thread 
>> "SXH3 ghost bugs".
>>
>> It's present in SXH15 & SXH3, but fixed in SXH3a (however SXH3a still 
>> has all the *other* bugs that SXH3 has, including the SCP-crasher)
> 
> I thought the ghost bug was fixed in SXF15?  Wasn't there a discussion 
> about how it had been both found and fixed in that version?

You could be right:

http://www.mail-archive.com/cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net/msg15107.html

I might be thinking of the BFD bug.

> 
> In my SXF15 experience, I actually shut down a BGP peer (good 'ol nei 
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx shut), and while BGP saw the routes go away, the local 
> routing table on the box did not.  That seems slightly different than 
> the ghost bug as I understood it, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong.
> 

Well either way - it adds to the reports of SXF15 being a poor release:

http://www.mail-archive.com/cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net/msg14944.html