[f-nsp] recent ironware releases

[Mike Allen]

Raoul, the release notes or your local SE would be the primary resources to
make sure an upgrade is right for you, but basically the releases break down
like this:

7.0.0- Converged release, brings most of the FastIron product line into the
same version of code, for feature parity and common configuration across the
family. Also DHCP option 82 insertion across the line.

7.1.0- Software licensing for L3, rapid failover for stacking on FCX.

7.2.0- (Upcoming) Will bring hitless failover to SX, and FCX stacking.

Hope that helps,
Mike
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Scott T. Cameron <routehero at gmail.com>wrote:

> I recently upgraded all my FESX 648/448 and SuperX to 7.1.  So far, so
> good.  Most of my switches previously were on a 4.x line, some were on 5.x.
>
> \There have been no major game changing features in the recent releases, at
> least not for my purposes -- these devices do very basic routing, lacp and
> switching.  I've been told by Brocade that BGP4+ (IPv6 BGP) will be a
> feature available in 7.3 or later -- so unless you have any major bugs that
> are causing you issues, I would say hold off.
>
> Scott
>
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Raoul Bhatia [IPAX] <r.bhatia at ipax.at>wrote:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> there have been a couple of new ironware releases during the last year:
>>
>> * R05.1.00/R05.1.00b/R05.1.00c in 2009/2010
>> * R07.00.1b/R07.00.1c in early 2010
>> * and most recently R.07.1.00 in May
>>
>> i was wondering if there are any significant changes in these releases.
>> have there been any "public" release announcements (we've got a valid
>> support contract for our devices) or are the release notes the only
>> place one can take information from?
>>
>> i'm running 05.1.00c on most of our devices and wonder if upgrading
>> would benefit me in any way.
>>
>> does anyone of you have any practical experience with the latest
>> releases, did you perhaps upgrade from R04.x.y code or do you live a
>> "never touch a running system" approach?
>>
>> thanks,
>> raoul
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