[f-nsp] IronWare version on XMR-4000

Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr youssef at 720.fr
Thu Mar 6 03:20:00 EST 2014


Hello,

On my side, I used to see BFD flapps when changing ISIS metrics on B2B core
interface.


Thank you for the feedback.

Best regards.



2014-03-06 9:14 GMT+01:00 Darren O'Connor <darrenoc at outlook.com>:

> So far so good on the CER.
>
> SSH at core00.cll.uk#sh bfd neighbors details
> Total Entries:1 R:RXRemote(Y:Yes/N:No)H:Hop(S:Single/M:Multi)
> NeighborAddress                        State  Interface Holddown
> Interval  R/H
> x.x.x.x                          UP     eth 1/24  900000     300000    Y/S
>   Registered Protocols(Protocol/VRFID): ospf/0
>   Local: Disc: 1, Diag: 0, Demand: 0 Poll: 0
>          MinTxInterval: 300000, MinRxInterval: 300000, Multiplier: 3
>   Remote: Disc: 24, Diag: 0, Demand: 0 Poll: 0
>           MinTxInterval: 300000, MinRxInterval: 300000, Multiplier: 3
>   Stats: RX: 769964 TX: 912706 SessionUpCount: 1 at *SysUpTime:
> 2:14:7:51.198*
> *  Session Uptime: 2:14:5:36.63*, LastSessionDownTimestamp: 0:0:0:0.0
>   Physical Port:TX: eth 1/24,RX: eth 1/24,Vlan Id: 4001
> *  Using PBIF Assist: Y*
>
>
>
> SSH at core00.cll.uk#sh ver
> System: NetIron CER (Serial #: xxxxxxx,  Part #: 40-1000617-02)
> xxxxxxxx
> *IronWare : Version 5.6.0bT183* Copyright (c) 1996-2013 Brocade
> Communications Systems, Inc.
> Compiled on Jan 19 2014 at 11:47:42 labeled as ce05600b
>
>
> Previously BFD flapped whenever rancid did a config copy. Since the
> upgrade a couple of days ago there has not been a single flap.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks
> Darren
> http://www.mellowd.co.uk/ccie
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Subject: Re: [f-nsp] IronWare version on XMR-4000
> From: youssef at 720.fr
> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:39:24 +0100
> CC: clement at cavadore.net; stefan.larsson at king.com;
> foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net
> To: darrenoc at outlook.com
>
>
> Hello Darren,
>
> Looking at 5.6 mainly for the exact same reason : BFD assisted hardware
> for CER.
>
> Is it a game changer ? Did you notice improvements ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> BR.
>
>
>
> Le 5 mars 2014 à 18:40, "Darren O'Connor" <darrenoc at outlook.com> a écrit :
>
> You don't need to be on the latest two versions. They are still releasing
> updated versions of 5.2 and so on.
>
> We are running 5.4E on our XMRs and 5.6B on the couple of CERs we have
> simply because of BFD hardware for CER in that code version
>
> Thanks
> Darren
> http://www.mellowd.co.uk/ccie
>
>
>
> > From: clement at cavadore.net
> > To: Stefan.Larsson at king.com
> > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:22:55 +0100
> > CC: foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: Re: [f-nsp] IronWare version on XMR-4000
> >
> > Hello Stefan,
> >
> > Maybe you should explain which reasons makes you think you need to
> > upgrade ? If you have any specifics reasons, it may help to choose any
> > version.
> >
> > AFAIK, if you have support, you may need to be on the two last versions
> > (ie: 5.5 or 5.6), whith the highest level of patchs. Otherwises, in case
> > you'd neet to open a ticket, you'd only get "upgrade first, then we'll
> > have a look" from the TAC.
> >
> > I had no real issues on 5.5 versions. On 5.6, a few, but not anything
> > really disturbing (see my last post regarding 5.6 on that list).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > Clément Cavadore
> >
> > On Tue, 2014-03-04 at 12:58 +0000, Stefan Larsson wrote:
> > > Hi networkers,
> > >
> > > I was merely wondering if anyone on the list could advice me as to
> what IronWare version one is recommended to run these days for production
> XMR-4000 routers running BGP?
> > >
> > > We are currently on 5.3.0T165 but looking to upgrade for several
> reasons.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any and all pointers.
> > >
> > > - s
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