[f-nsp] MLXe line card auto-upgrade

[Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr]

Hello Steven,

I share your feeling here.

Y.



2014-03-18 15:29 GMT+01:00 Steven Raymond <sraymond at acedatacenter.com>:

>
> On Mar 18, 2014, at 12:20 AM, Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Has anyone tried line card auto upgrade feature for MLXe ?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> Yes, I tested it a bit with 5.5.0c.  It worked, but was somewhat slower
> than I was happy with.  Meaning, it seemed to take it's own leisurely time
> to get around to starting the upgrade after inserting a card with old
> software.  Looks like it took about 5 minutes to complete & bring the card
> back up, according to syslog reports.  It seems like your source file
> options are only the local flash or tftp.
>
> I abandoned the auto- process and just did it manually thereafter in my
> lab chassis.  Does anyone else resent the amount of babysitting required
> just to bring up an additional linecard after chassis software is upgraded?
>  I don't want additional headache & time required when swaping a card out
> probably during an outage.
>
>
>
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>


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Youssef BENGELLOUN-ZAHR
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