[c-nsp] ASR920 Software Upgrade 2019

[Jason Lixfeld]

FWIW, be aware of CSCvm02572 if you’re planning a mass upgrade before April.	

'login on-failure log’ or 'login block-for...' causes the box to reboot on a failed ssh login.

Currently still broken in 3.18.  Fixed 15.6(2)SP6.

ASR920 not listed in affected platforms, but it is...

> On Jan 26, 2019, at 12:33 PM, Erik Sundberg <ESundberg at nitelusa.com> wrote:
> 
> I just did a 3.16 to 3.18 upgrade on two devices it was at least 30 mins. There was a fpga upgrade and additional reboot. So its normal
> 
> Erik Sundberg
> Sr. Network Engineer
> Nitel
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> ________________________________
> From: cisco-nsp <cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net> on behalf of James Jun <james at towardex.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2019 8:57 AM
> To: Noah
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ASR920 Software Upgrade 2019
> 
>> 
>> We found that to be quite a long time compared to the last time we ever did
>> a similar upgrade 2 years ago.
>> 
>> Has anyone had a similar experience and should this be the case?
>> 
> 
> Depends on the code releases you're crossing, it will need to run FPGA UPDATE and
> reload the box for 2nd time. And if your device has been running for a while, fsck
> may also need to run on boot, delaying the reload time further.
> 
> So yea, this is normal and expected.
> 
> James
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