[j-nsp] JTAC Recommended Junos Software Versions Old?

[Adam Vitkovsky]

12.3R8.7 is going to be end of support next year and I'd expect Juniper to let people know what will be the recommended replacement some time before that happens so people can have some time to assess the new release and to schedule the upgrades.
 

adam
> -----Original Message-----
> From: juniper-nsp [mailto:juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf
> Of Colton Conor
> Sent: 29 April 2015 17:59
> To: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [j-nsp] JTAC Recommended Junos Software Versions Old?
> 
> Why is the JTAC Recommended Junos Software Version for the MX routers
> currently Junos 12.3R8.7? There are much newer versions of JUNOS out
> there.
> From the posts I have read so far, Junos 12.3 in general has flow and nat
> issues. I assume some of these bugs have been fixed with the latest .x
> versions like R8.7, but still why such an old version?
> 
> Is there a guide showing the big changes from 12.3 vs 13.2 vs 13.3 vs 14.1
> vs 14.2. I know there a release notes for all of these versions, but is
> there an outline showing the reason for the jump in version numbers? Most
> of the PR's I have seen show a bug was found and fixed in the current .x of
> most all these versions.
> 
> I notice that the Juniper JTAC recommends Junos 13.3R4.6 for the MX104 and
> PTX series? If Junos 13.3R4.6 is stable enough to run on these platforms,
> then I assume its stable enough to run on the other MX platforms, the MX80
> to be specific?
> _______________________________________________
> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 This email has been scanned for email related threats and delivered safely by Mimecast.
 For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------