[j-nsp] Stable JUNOS for srx5k with multiple SPCs

[Chen Jiang]

It's 10.4r3.4 or 10.4r4 which will be released in May.

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Dale Shaw <dale.shaw+j-nsp at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I know there have been some pretty ugly bugs on srx5k with multiple
> SPCs in some early JUNOS 10.0 releases (and earlier). We're running
> 10.0R4 on a bunch of 5800s but while we have two SPCs per chassis,
> only one is inserted and online.
>
> I want to insert the 2nd SPC -- after all, we paid for 'em -- but I
> wasn't filled with confidence when we tested one box within a
> maintenance window tonight. I shut down the chassis, inserted the 2nd
> SPC (in slot 10) and started it back up. FPC 10 PIC 1 (the 2nd SPU)
> was pegged at 99% processor and the box was doing nothing except
> maintain ~100 IPSec tunnels. A second reboot magically fixed the SPU
> load problem (I couldn't influence it through any config changes or
> operational commands) but by then any confidence I had was gone so I
> rolled back the hardware change and didn't bother with the rest of the
> systems.
>
> Since playing with a newer JUNOS wasn't on the cards tonight, I've
> decided to revisit the insertion of the 2nd SPC as part of a future
> JUNOS upgrade. We'll be looking closely at 10.4R3 very soon.
>
> Has anyone got stable srx5ks w/multiple SPCs in production networks?
> Which JUNOS release?
> (we do IPSec VPNs, OSPF, CoS [shaping, scheduling etc.],
> RADIUS/NTP/SNMP/RMON/SSH, virtual routers, basic firewall filters,
> basic security policy.)
>
> Cheers,
> Dale
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           James Chen