[j-nsp] EX3400 experiences / software recommendation

["Rolf Hanßen"]

Hi,

we run 6 of them with 15.1X53-D56 (pure layer2 stanmdalone boxes, no
specials, out of band management with external firewalling, i.e. without
local firewall filters).

In opposite to the older releases (first steps with them were cruel, first
release was more some kind of "pre-alpha early access" than "can be used
in production") they run fine yet.

kind regards
Rolf

> Hi,
>
> quick question about the EX3400 series... is one of you using them in
> earnest, and can recommend a software version?
>
> One of my customers was sold four of them, and we see "funny things"
> (like, switch ports only forwarding ARP packets but no IP, bunch of
> copper GE ports going down and back up simultaneously with nobody
> near the box, untypical things in logs...) and "common wisdom" hints
> at "you want a more recent software version".
>
> On the boxes is "jtac recommended" 15.1X53-D56, which is a bit old -
> one would assume that this is "for stability", but it could as well
> be "nothing so critical was found that they bothered to update the
> page"...
>
>
> (As one or the other might know, I'm usually more a Cisco guy, so please
> excuse if this is something "one really should know" - and yes, I'm
> trying to figure out in parallel what sort of formal support the customer
> was sold by their "value added integrator" here, so I can raise a formal
> case...)
>
> gert