[f-nsp] XMR Software Upgrade Path from 4.0.1a

[Gerald Krause]

Hi Vinny,

our first upgrade will take place on thursday morning, this week. So at
the moment I can't say anything but I'am curious about the result.

--
Gerald   (ax/tc)

Am 17.01.11 19:13, schrieb Abello, Vinny:
> Hi Gerald,
> 
> Just wondering if you happened to upgrade to 5.1. We're actually running pre
> 4.x code on our XMR's and would like to upgrade to fix a few bugs and gain
> features. There are specific features only introduced in 5.1 that are very
> attractive to me. Wondering if you've pulled the trigger yet and how 5.1 is
> running in your environment.
> 
> I also am wondering if there are any Hurricane Electric engineers on this
> list. I know their backbone is largely based (if not entirely) on the XMR
> platform, both from what I've read and having actually seen one of their
> core routers in a cage we are both in. I was curious as to what code
> revision they might be running as I'm sure they have extensive experience
> with the XMR on their dual stack v4/v6 backbone. Plus I've rarely heard of
> or have seen any major issues with Hurricane Electric so I'd assume they're
> relatively happy with the code revision they are running. I might just ask
> our Brocade rep if they'd be willing to find out and share that information
> with us if possible.
> 
> Vinny Abello
> Network Engineer
> Dell | Physician Services
> office +1 973 940 6125
> mobile +1 973 868 0610
> vinny_abello at dell.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Gerald Krause
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 11:51 AM
> To: foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [f-nsp] XMR Software Upgrade Path from 4.0.1a
> 
> Just FYI: as a summary of all on- and off-list receivend responses I'll
> go for the 5.1 train. Thx!
> 
> --
> Gerald   (ax/tc)
> 
> Am 11.01.2011 12:24, schrieb Gerald Krause:
>> Hi,
>>
>> we have some XMRs in production, all with the older 4.0.1a code. The
>> Systems are doing mainly L3 things like OSPF, BGP and VRRP within an
>> IPv4/IPv6 dualstack environment but no *PLS or special L2 services at
>> the moment.
>> We plan to upgrade the systems with an newer software release and I
>> wondering if there exist any arguments against using the latest 5.1 code?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> --
>> Gerald   (ax/tc)
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