[c-nsp] Nexus 7700 sup2e Upgrade

[Tristan Gulyas]

Hi all,

We're testing 8.2 for the same reason (security fixes).  So far, so good!  Multi-campus LAN, 7706s for distribution, border and core routing.

Tristan

> On 1 Aug 2018, at 6:12 am, Charles Spurgeon <c.spurgeon at austin.utexas.edu> wrote:
> 
> * Nick Griffin <nick.jon.griffin at gmail.com> [2018-07-30 10:25:21 -0500]:
>> Looking to upgrade some 7ks from 6.2.12 to something 7.2 or 7.3 to
>  support the peering of layer 3 devices across vpc port
>  channels. Looking to see what code versions others are using that
>  have proven to be stable.
> 
> We've been running 7.3 but are moving to 8.2 to resolve the vulns
> announced here:
> https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-67770
> 
> Some of the vulns listed were fixed as of 7.3(2)D1(2) and some aren't
> fixed until 8.1/8.2 code.
> 
> 7.3(2)D1(2) has been stable for us for 198 days of runtime on a pair
> of 7710s with sup2e in a data center with VPC (traditional multi-tier
> design).
> 
> Currently we have been smoke testing 8.2 in the lab to replace the 7.3
> code on the next maintenance window.
> 
> -Charles
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