[j-nsp] convert config from m120 to mx480

Mark Tinka mark.tinka at seacom.mu
Sat Oct 3 02:27:09 EDT 2015



On 2/Oct/15 22:13, Justin M. Streiner wrote:

>  
>
> We replaced a pair of M120s at our border with MX480s a little over a
> year ago.  Large chunks of the config will port over cleanly, but
> there are some gotchas:
>
> 1. slot/card/interface naming and numbering might be different, depending
> on the type of cards you have and how things are physically laid out.
> 2. The sampling configuration is completely different going from the M
> series to the MX series.  This can also change on the MX platform,
> depending on which version of code you're running.
> 3. There are some licensing differences to take into account as well,
> if this hasn't been done already.
>
> The preparation for the cutover took a long time, but the actual cut
> was relatively painless, other than a sampling bug we triggered in the
> version of code that we were recommended to use at that time (12.3R6.6
> I think - we have since upgraded).

Also, look at any [edit chassis] specific things, particularly since you
can control individual FEB's on the M120 re: how they handle traffic and
redundancy, and the MX is different.

Mark.


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