Has any one tried Cisco Flash card in a Juniper router? I put a 1Gig Cisco Flash card in an M7i, but it did not recognize it.
Does the FC need to be format differently? Thanks, Reza > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:40:43 +0000 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [j-nsp] New flash card in M7i > > I don't think it is, though the recommendations aren't clear. > > If you have a flash card, it has to be 1GB, rather than 256MB, but I don't > think having a flash card is mandatory (but it is advisable, particularly in > an M7i, which only has one RE) > > Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthias Gelbhardt <[email protected]> > Sent: 03 March 2009 15:47 > To: David Ball <[email protected]> > Cc: juniper-nsp <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [j-nsp] New flash card in M7i > > So what is the reason, that the flash card as primary boot device is > now obligatory? > > Regards, > > Matthias > > Am 03.03.2009 um 16:39 schrieb David Ball: > > > Once installed, your router won't boot from it, since it's blank, so > > will boot from HD as normal. Then you should be able to issue > > 'request system snapshot partition' (ie. copy main contents of hard > > disk to flash drive). From that point on, the CF will be your primary > > boot medium. Any code upgrades from then on will occur on the CF > > card, so to back up that code and config in the future, you'd issue > > 'request system snapshot' to copy them to the HD, which is now your > > 'alternative' boot medium. > > > > David > > > > 2009/3/3 Matthias Gelbhardt <[email protected]>: > >> Hi! > >> > >> I would like to add a new 1 GB CF card in a M7i. I assume, there is > >> none in > >> that device at the moment: > >> > >> Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity > >> Mounted on > >> /dev/ad1s1a 217M 98M 102M 49% / > >> devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev > >> devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev/ > >> /dev/md0 23M 23M 0B 100% > >> /packages/mnt/jbase > >> /dev/md1 80M 80M 0B 100% > >> /packages/mnt/jkernel-8.5R3.4 > >> /dev/md2 8.8M 8.8M 0B 100% > >> /packages/mnt/jpfe-M7i-8.5R3.4 > >> /dev/md3 3.5M 3.5M 0B 100% > >> /packages/mnt/jdocs-8.5R3.4 > >> /dev/md4 28M 28M 0B 100% > >> /packages/mnt/jroute-8.5R3.4 > >> /dev/md5 8.8M 8.8M 0B 100% > >> /packages/mnt/jcrypto-8.5R3.4 > >> /dev/md6 37M 37M 0B 100% > >> /packages/mnt/jpfe-common-8.5R3.4 > >> /dev/md7 504M 8.0K 463M 0% /tmp > >> /dev/md8 504M 470K 463M 0% /mfs > >> /dev/ad1s1e 24M 20K 22M 0% /config > >> procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc > >> /dev/ad1s1f 18G 542M 16G 3% /var > >> > >> So I need one to update to 9.3R2. > >> > >> Do I have to prepare the CF before injecting it into the router? > >> Does it > >> have to be formatted? > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Matthias > >> _______________________________________________ > >> juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] > >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > >> > > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Life without walls. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_032009 _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
