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

[Timh Bergström]

Wow, that sucks major meatballs, thanks for the clarification.

So there might be an option to hack that into the "supported" list of
hardware so the damn code will boot at least. I'll look at it if I
have the time. :-)

Or if we all yell high enough they might release 10.4S to support the
MX5-10-40-T chassis.

//T

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Christopher E. Brown
<chris.brown at acsalaska.net> wrote:
>
>
> 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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