[j-nsp] M10i JUNOS Upgrade

[Jonas Frey (Probe Networks)]

I think it should be possible to upgrade to 10.x without CF. The M7i
initially came without CF.
If the box is not in production you could just try updating it.
Otherwise just buy a Sandisk 1/2GB CF on ebay for cheap money.

If you have redundant routing engines you need to upgrade both seperate.
This measn first upgrade RE0 with the install media and then RE1 (by
putting the install-media into RE1 and connecting the console cable to
RE1).

-Jonas

Am Mittwoch, den 28.09.2011, 23:24 +0300 schrieb 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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