[j-nsp] qfx5100 software upgrades and virtual-chassis

[Louis Kowolowski]

> On Sep 6, 2018, at 1:11 PM, Nitzan Tzelniker <nitzan.tzelniker at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If you cant afford taking down the whole VC do not work with VC
> This is my philosophy with VC
> Do MC-LAG or EVPN in these environment (even with VC just to increase the number of ports ) 
> 
This is now my philosophy as well. Just working on cleaning up the mess w/as little impact as I can.

> Regarding the host they dont have to be the same unless there is a known issue 
> 
> From https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/topics/task/installation/qfx-series-software-upgrading.html    
> However, pay attention to these notes regarding Junos OS and Host OS versions:
> 	• The Junos OS and Host OS versions do not need to be the same.
> 	• During an ISSU, the Host OS cannot be upgraded.
> 	• Upgrading the Host OS is not required for every software upgrade, as noted above.
> 
Yes, and clarification from JTAC is that they need to be the same major version, which doesn't sound unreasonable.

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