[c-nsp] ASR 9000 Upgrade Expectations

[Curtis Piehler]

So going from 5.1.X to 6.X.X will likely involve fpd upgrades?   I've been
hit by the SNMP OID bug that consumes memory over time but I can hold out
by restarting the SNMP process every once in a while.
On Jul 13, 2016 4:39 PM, "Gert Doering" <gert at greenie.muc.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 10:30:11PM +0200, Juergen Marenda wrote:
> > Because of
> >
> https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-
> > sa-20160525-ipv6
> > asr9k: https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCuz66542
> >
> > it should be 5.3.4.1 or for the brave 6.1.1.16
> > but I cannt see it for download (but 5.3.3 two times ! )
> >
> > ... waiting for a fix of severity-2 BUG for more than 6 weeks ...
>
> The SMU for that bug fix was available fairly quickly for 5.3.3 - unlike
> for 4.3.4 (still supported, but that bug did not get an SMU) or IOS (no
> word whatsoever)...  so you can't really complain here :-)
>
> > ... nice to read that for oldstyle IOS, it may be fixed in IOS XVI.IV
> (will
> > arrive A.D. MMXX ?)
> >
> > Workaround with ACLs reduces the Number of Layer3 (boteh ipv4 and IPv6)
> SVI
> > interfaces on my cat4900M
> > to less than 300 (out of TCAM resources...) just for the basics.
> >
> > I am desperately disappointed .
>
> Yay :(
>
> (We have deployed fairly extensive border ACLs for this, so the "soft
> core" is protected against fake & evil ND packets crossing the borders -
> and as long as your 4900Ms are not border routers, you could do similar...)
>
> gert
>
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