[c-nsp] IOS Code Recommendations

[Jason LeBlanc]

Peter,

I understand the hesitation.  I wont hold anyone accountable.  We generally max out memory when we purchase devices so the XMs are stacked.  I cannot find a lot of definitive answers online so I figured I would ping the community in hopes to find caveats like the OuDiscards not working.  Thank you very much for you time I can definitely build off of this.

Regards,

//LeBlanc 

On Jan 7, 2010, at 12:08 PM, Peter Rathlev wrote:

> Hi Jason,
> 
> On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 23:11 -0700, Jason LeBlanc wrote:
>> Cisco only does safe harbor on a few select devices.  Being as how
>> this group is made up of a lot of service providers and enterprise
>> networks, does anyone know the latest stable version of code for any
>> or all of the following:
>> 
>> 2651XM
>> WS-C3550-24-PWR
>> WS-C3560-24PS-S
>> Catalyst 3560-48TS
> 
> I think the reason people are unwilling to give any advice on this (also
> cf. your later questions) might be because the question is hard to
> answer precisely for even low grades of precision.
> 
> For the 2651XM you have a huge lot of possibilities for different
> versions (depending on amount of RAM), and which one suits your needs
> would vary with what features you want to use. Without any information
> regarding the latter your question is incomplete.
> 
> We have been using 12.2(40) mainline with several 2600s with no problems
> for a long time, though not with XM models. They're primarily 2610s used
> as RTR queriers and responders, and the a few devices for DLSw+
> termination.
> 
> Regarding the L3 switches: I was once told an expert I respect a lot
> (non Cisco employee) to generally use the newest supported version and
> hope for the best. We currently use (as the customer) a few hundreds of
> 3560s running 12.2(35)SE5 IP Services as multi VRF-Lite CPE devices in
> "branch offices". The only bug that has bitten us so far is that
> interface counters don't show drops (e.g. OutDiscards).
> 
> We use lots of 3560s currently running 12.2(50)SE1 and SE3 IP Base and
> only doing L2. No problems so far. (And OutDiscard counters work.)
> 
> We also have a handful of 3550s running 12.2(50)SE3 IP Base; this is not
> supported, but we haven't had any problems so far. We replace them with
> 3560s on occasion. (The 3550 was IMHO a better platform though.)
> 
> Remember that if you are using the 3550s for anything critical you
> really should use a supported release.
> 
> -- 
> Peter
> 
> 
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