[j-nsp] JunOS 10.4R8.5 on MX5? Am I forced to run 11.4+?

[Christopher E. Brown]

The _only_ issue is that the chassis ident is MX5-T/40-T etc...

The ID is not in the list so JunOS refuses to finish booting.


We had some part numbers swapped, asked for MX80-40 in late December and
received MX40-T, just had 7 of them swapped out.  (We are currently
running 10.4, no way in hell I am jumping to 11.2 or 11.4 at this time).


The interesting thing about this...  All of the support and sales folks
I talked to have been under the impression for the last 6+ months that
the new MXxx-T units were just a grey chassis version of the MX80-T
(modular MX80 w/ timing).  They all though it was just a part number
change for the re-badged/colored units.

I stopped yelling at them when they had to go to business unit
management to find out that yes, 11.2 and later only and no there would
not be a 10.4S release that added the new chassis IDs for those of us
caught in the middle.



On 3/22/12 6:19 AM, OBrien, Will wrote:
> I think it's a matter of the newer switching fabric only being supported in 11.
> 
> Will O'Brien
> 
> On Mar 22, 2012, at 8:12 AM, "Per Granath" <per.granath at gcc.com.cy> wrote:
> 
>> I suspect the 10.4 would not lock down the XE ports on the chassis, so there is a reason for not allowing it to work...
>>
>>
>>> It's quite weird, especially since I can "upgrade" the system to a full  MX80
>>> with licences only, and if I do that I expect that I will be able to run my
>>> standard release (10.4R8.5) which I run on my other MX80s (which is the full
>>> MX80 btw).
>>>
>>> So basically, I feel a bit cheated that I had to "wait" for MX5 to be released
>>> when I could get a MX80-5G.
>>>
>>> I'm going to try to install 11.2R5.4 (recommended release) on it now, I do not
>>> trust a R1-release. Ever. ;-) I might also try create a technical support ticket or
>>> raise hell with my SR to try to make the 10.4-series to support MX5/10/40s
>>> unless someone else has done it already.


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