[j-nsp] M10i JUNOS Upgrade

[Jake Jake]

> I do have 2 spare 256MB drams which would meet the requirement. But in most
> of the documentation in Juniper they mention a mandatory requirement of 1G
> compact flash. But currently I don't have a compact flash on the router. I
> can see only ad1s1 . I guess this is the hard disk on the router.  Will
> upgrade be still possible without the compact flash.
>
> Further if a install media is used , how would it work with redundant
> routing engine upgrades.
>
> Cheers
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Jonas Frey (Probe Networks) <
> jf at probe-networks.de> wrote:
>
>> Jake,
>>
>> as far as i know you need more than 512MB dram to go past JunOS 10.x.
>> (I know there was a limitation but i dont recall where in detail).
>> Any way with less than 768MB Ram you are asking for trouble with any
>> modern JunOS.
>> Best would be to upgrade your RE-5 to 768 MB which is the max.
>>
>> The RE-5 only comes with 256MB sticks, so you would only need to buy 1
>> more. This will be fine if you buy them from juniper ($$$).
>> If you are going the 3rd party route then it'll be better to buy 3x256MB
>> sticks since otherwise the chip types wont match which could lead to
>> problems. The cost for these is probably just a few dollars...
>>
>> 512MB sticks only work on the RE-5+ aka RE-850.
>>
>> As for the upgrade: Get yourself a install media (or create one) and
>> save yourself the trouble of going via various intermediate versions
>> (also this would be alot faster).
>>
>> -Jonas
>>
>>
>> Am Mittwoch, den 28.09.2011, 21:43 +0300 schrieb Jake Jake:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I am looking at upgrading the JUNOS on our M10i router. Current JUNOS
>> > platform is 6.3R1.3 . The router has redundant routing Engine  RE-5.0
>> with
>> > 512MB DRAM . Also there is no compact flash on board only *ad1s1*. Can
>> any
>> > one suggest on if I can upgrade the router to 11.1R5.4 with the current
>> > hardware specification .  Please advise on if a direct upgrade can be
>> done
>> > as well from 6.3 to 11.1.
>> >
>> > Plus as I understand M10i has 3 DRAM slots. Is there any way of knowing
>> the
>> > combination of RAM used ..i.e 256+256MB or a single 512MB RAM.
>> >
>> > Cheers
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