[j-nsp] general guidelines for installing JUNOS to RE, where HDD and CF are blank

[Jonas Frey (Probe Networks)]

Martin,

yes, thats the ones we use. We also tested the 2GB version, works fine.

Regards,
Jonas


Am Sonntag, den 20.02.2011, 23:44 +0200 schrieb Martin T:
> Pekka,
> by "Extreme model" did you mean this one: http://mcaf.ee/7f49a ?
> 
> Jonas,
> did I understand correctly, that SDCFB-512-A10(http://mcaf.ee/9f345)
> and SDCFB-1024-A10(http://mcaf.ee/b2d7a) are both tested and suitable
> for JONOS installation from CF using "install image" method? Any other
> CF cards, which are confirmed to work?
> 
> regards,
> martin
> 
> 2011/2/14 Martin T <m4rtntns at gmail.com>:
> > Ok, so for example those two should work for sure:
> > SDCFB-512-A10(http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-CompactFlash-SDCFB-512-A10-Retail-Package/dp/B00006B9QF)
> > and SDCFB-1024-A10(http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDCFB-1024-A10-Type-Retail-Package/dp/B00006AE3K)?
> > Any other CF cards, which are confirmed to work? The one I tried(with
> > no luck so far), 1GB "SiliconDrive CF"(SiliconSystems, Inc. Now owned
> > by Western Digital) SSD-C01G-3596, looks like this:
> > http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8923/jsdd.jpg
> >
> >
> > regards,
> > martin
> >
> > 2011/2/11 Jonas Frey (Probe Networks) <jf at probe-networks.de>:
> >> Ohh...well there are so many models and partnumbers of these i guess its
> >> hard to test all of them. Maybe we should write down working partnumbers
> >> on the cluepon wiki. The "blue" SanDisk ones are atleast the same as
> >> juniper used time ago. After that they switched to simple tech and
> >> probably others (atleast on T320/T640 RE-1600/RE-2000).
> >>
> >>
> >> Am Freitag, den 11.02.2011, 12:14 +0200 schrieb Pekka Savola:
> >>> On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, Jonas Frey (Probe Networks) wrote:
> >>> > I doubt the PCMCIA Adapter is the problem. I guess its the CF....maybe
> >>> > its too new. I know about serveral newer CF cards not working in RE2/3.
> >>> > Try to get a regular SanDisk 1GB+ CF. (not the Ultra/Extreme models).
> >>> > This should work.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for providing the soapbox ;-).  Extreme model worked for us on
> >>> RE3.0 fine, except that its performance is too good.  Juniper RE CPU
> >>> gets overloaded when writing an image on it and it drops BGP sessions
> >>> etc. This is not a bug according to JTAC. Be aware if you ever need to
> >>> do CF flashing on live equipment :P
> >>>
> >>
> >
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