11-06-2019 02:39 PM
I'm performing an upgrade of a single-sup, VSS pair of 6807xl, and wanted to get anyone's feedback on the stability or critical features of either 15.2 or 15.5 IOS. both are MD release right now. 15.2 has been around a fair bit longer. im running older 15.2 and may just patch this to the newest release of 15.2 or go to 15.5. Any comments/feedback, etc? TAC doesn't like to recommend IOS.
11-06-2019 03:03 PM
11-06-2019 05:07 PM - edited 11-06-2019 06:37 PM
15.5.1-SY4 |
Is the recommended version by Cisco but reading a feedback, it say that this version is not stable and had cause 6807 VSS to produce tracebacks which is not good. So, he loaded 15.5.1-SY3 and everything is stable now. Read the release notes carefully and I would use SY3.
HTH
11-06-2019 05:55 PM
11-06-2019 06:38 PM
Thanks, Leo!
Let me know how it goes. I need to upgrade a set of 6807 VSS as well.
HTH
11-06-2019 09:59 PM
11-06-2019 10:57 PM
11-12-2019 03:05 PM
thx for everyone's feedback. in the end, I made the choice based on features and bug counts; and the advice that the 15.5(sy4) image had VSS issues.
looking at resolved caveats for the last 2 - 15.5 releases, i see ~25 resolved bugs. for the latest releases of 15.2(SY8), i see only 1-2 resolved caveats. this implies the bug count should be fairly low in 15.2.
in scanning 15.5 features, i didn't see anything compelling, compared to 15.2, so sticking with 15.2. If anyone knows of anything, please chime in.
Will also attempt rommon upgrade, as that seems like a nice precaution: pyramid_rm2.srec.122-50r.SYS4
the bug im trying to address is inability to look at log in the buffer on the device. its kind of hard to work on the thing, with no quick, easy real-time logging:
https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCuw89618/?rfs=iqvred
Doing upgrade in about 1 week, waiting for maintenance window now. :)
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