On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Derick Winkworth wrote:
You need to reduce the number of features you are actively using in the
switch, pick an IOS, put in the lab, fully regression-test it with
load-testing (and test all possible functions and failures of all
protocols and features) then deploy.
Oh wait... thats not possible is it? You need to do this soon right?
You don't have a year to develop a test plan and scripts and fully test
it? By the time you do that, the software you are testing will have
been deferred or have an advisory on it for major defects.
I assume the above is largely sarcasm. Actually though, I've had this
switch on the network for several months, participating in OSPF (about
1k routes), and getting full BGP routes (about 275k), but it hasn't been
passing any traffic. Additionally, when I first started setting it up,
SXF12a was current.
Well spin the barrel, close your eyes, and pull the trigger.
Why do you think I coined the phrase "ios roulette" years ago?
I've gotten a number of helpful replies (mostly private...guess people are
hesitant to announce what versions they're running).
I should have mentioned, we also export netflow (sampled), utilize RADIUS,
and I'll likely occasionally have monitor sessions to sniff traffic for
troubleshooting purposes. We're not doing it yet, but at some point I'd
like (i.e. need) to start doing IPv6.
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