[j-nsp] EX 8200 deployment

[Brian Fitzgerald]

On 10-03-25 9:51 AM, "Jonathan Lassoff" <jof at thejof.com> wrote:

> Excerpts from Dan Farrell's message of Thu Mar 25 09:13:59 -0700 2010:
>> Flash gets a bad rap. I think most people have heard of supposed horror
>> stories or they see the cycle limit and get wary.
>> 
>> But I'm wondering... has anyone in this list actually had a personal flash
>> horror story? I don't have one of my own, and I'm swimming in network devices
>> (some quite old) that use them.
...
> 
> In looking at the EX platforms though, this doesn't seem in line with
> Juniper's design goals though (not that I actually know what they
> planned). It seems like most of the hardware ('cept the EX-8200) comes
> in a fixed configuration -- stuff that's just supposed to "work", and
> not to worry the manuf. with compatibility concerns.
> 

They do allow the mounting of a USB flash device.  Of course, the usual
admonishment about using Juniper USB devices, but you can mount a fat32
formatted USB key:

* Enter the shell as root:
user at switch> start shell user root
Password:
root at switch%

* Mount USB to /mnt
root at switch% mount_msdosfs /dev/da1s1 /mnt

* Check the contents in USB disk
root at switch% ls /mnt
juniper.conf.1.gz       juniper.conf.3.gz       rescue.conf.gz
juniper.conf.2.gz       juniper.conf.gz

* Unmount usb disk and then pull it out.
user at switch% umount /mnt

http://kb.juniper.net/KB12880
http://kb.juniper.net/KB12022

USB keys are cheap too - cheap enough to replace as part of yearly
maintenance.

As usual, YMMV - some USB keys are better than others, and I haven't tried
any larger than 4G.

> 
> If you're feeling gutsy and want to void any warranties, you might try
> de-soldering and replacing the internal flash :)
> 

Heh.  Sounds like fun - maybe with a unit once it gets older/off
warranty/maintenance.

Take care

Brian Fitzgerald