[c-nsp] IOS Upgrade to SXI3

[Bautista, Noel]

We normally try to use Safe Harbor Recommended IOS and for quite some time Cisco has recommended to upgrade to a modular Release.  We first tried the modular in 12.2(18)SXF7 but we backed out because of numerous problems.  

A Cisco SE mentioned in his presentation that at some point Cisco will only be releasing modular IOS.  Safe Harbor seems to indicate this direction since they stopped testing Native IOS and recommending Modular IOS as shown from the link below. Which is why I'm looking at modular SXI3 but the "install" command has been deprecated.  Now, it seems that Cisco is going away from Modular??

I've been testing Native IOS 12.2(33)SXI3 in our lab network running OSPF and BGP in v4 and v6 and so far it seems stable.

Thanks,
Noel


Safe Harbor Release
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/solutions/ns340/ns414/ns504/networking_solutions_products_genericcontent0900aecd80694a2a.html


-----Original Message-----
From: Mackinnon, Ian [mailto:Ian.Mackinnon at atosorigin.com] 
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 7:53 AM
To: Bautista, Noel; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: RE: [c-nsp] IOS Upgrade to SXI3

Hi Noel,

>From what I remember of recent discussions on here, modular is to be
avoided.
It has no benefit (there have not been any patches) and is not used as
much so not tested by real life use.

Ian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-
> bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Bautista, Noel
> Sent: 11 December 2009 15:45
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] IOS Upgrade to SXI3
> 
> We're contemplating on upgrading our SUP 720 3BXL from 12.2(18)SXF15a
> native IOS to 12.2(33)SXI3 modular IOS but I read from the
releasenotes
> that the "Install" command has been deprecated.  On Cisco's Safe
Harbor
> IOS Release, they have tested and recommend upgrading to modular
> 12.2(33)SXI3.  There's no explanation on why they deprecated the
> "install" command and I'm waiting for our Cisco SE response.   I'd
> appreciate any feedback from those people who have upgraded to SXI3,
in
> modular or otherwise.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Noel
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