[j-nsp] New flash card in M7i

[Reza Sharifi]

Has any one tried Cisco Flash card in a Juniper router? I put a 1Gig Cisco Flash card in an M7i, but it did not recognize it.

Does the FC need to be format differently?

 

Thanks,

Reza
 

 

 

 

 
> From: michael.firth at bt.com
> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:40:43 +0000
> To: matthias at commy.de; davidtball at gmail.com
> CC: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [j-nsp] New flash card in M7i
> 
> I don't think it is, though the recommendations aren't clear.
> 
> If you have a flash card, it has to be 1GB, rather than 256MB, but I don't think having a flash card is mandatory (but it is advisable, particularly in an M7i, which only has one RE)
> 
> Michael
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthias Gelbhardt <matthias at commy.de>
> Sent: 03 March 2009 15:47
> To: David Ball <davidtball at gmail.com>
> Cc: juniper-nsp <juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Subject: Re: [j-nsp] New flash card in M7i
> 
> So what is the reason, that the flash card as primary boot device is 
> now obligatory?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Matthias
> 
> Am 03.03.2009 um 16:39 schrieb David Ball:
> 
> > Once installed, your router won't boot from it, since it's blank, so
> > will boot from HD as normal. Then you should be able to issue
> > 'request system snapshot partition' (ie. copy main contents of hard
> > disk to flash drive). From that point on, the CF will be your primary
> > boot medium. Any code upgrades from then on will occur on the CF
> > card, so to back up that code and config in the future, you'd issue
> > 'request system snapshot' to copy them to the HD, which is now your
> > 'alternative' boot medium.
> >
> > David
> >
> > 2009/3/3 Matthias Gelbhardt <matthias at commy.de>:
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> I would like to add a new 1 GB CF card in a M7i. I assume, there is 
> >> none in
> >> that device at the moment:
> >>
> >> Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity 
> >> Mounted on
> >> /dev/ad1s1a 217M 98M 102M 49% /
> >> devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev
> >> devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev/
> >> /dev/md0 23M 23M 0B 100%
> >> /packages/mnt/jbase
> >> /dev/md1 80M 80M 0B 100%
> >> /packages/mnt/jkernel-8.5R3.4
> >> /dev/md2 8.8M 8.8M 0B 100%
> >> /packages/mnt/jpfe-M7i-8.5R3.4
> >> /dev/md3 3.5M 3.5M 0B 100%
> >> /packages/mnt/jdocs-8.5R3.4
> >> /dev/md4 28M 28M 0B 100%
> >> /packages/mnt/jroute-8.5R3.4
> >> /dev/md5 8.8M 8.8M 0B 100%
> >> /packages/mnt/jcrypto-8.5R3.4
> >> /dev/md6 37M 37M 0B 100%
> >> /packages/mnt/jpfe-common-8.5R3.4
> >> /dev/md7 504M 8.0K 463M 0% /tmp
> >> /dev/md8 504M 470K 463M 0% /mfs
> >> /dev/ad1s1e 24M 20K 22M 0% /config
> >> procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc
> >> /dev/ad1s1f 18G 542M 16G 3% /var
> >>
> >> So I need one to update to 9.3R2.
> >>
> >> Do I have to prepare the CF before injecting it into the router? 
> >> Does it
> >> have to be formatted?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Matthias
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