Re: [j-nsp] EX2300 Code

[Robin Williams via juniper-nsp]

--- Begin Message ---
We've been going through JTAC recommended releases for months with the 
management crash bug mentioned in this thread (PR1442376) and none of them have 
fixed it on our OOB switches (certainly NOT fixed in 18.2R3-S1.7, the previous 
recommended).

JTAC say it's finally fixed in 18.2R3-S2.9, which came out a couple of weeks 
ago and has now been updated on the JTAC recommended page.  Time will tell, as 
it can take some weeks to occur (most annoying when the switch is remote).

Cheers,
Rob



-Original Message-
From: juniper-nsp  On Behalf Of Brian 
Johnson
Sent: 12 December 2019 01:31
To: William 
Cc: juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [j-nsp] EX2300 Code

Always use the JTAC recommends version unless you have a specific feature you 
need that is not supported in that version.

https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content=KB21476 
<https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content=KB21476>

Thus... 15.1X53-D591 or 18.2R3-S2 should be good to go.

- Brian

> On Dec 9, 2019, at 5:15 AM, William  wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am in the process of getting our first stack of EX2300s ready for
> production, can anyone recommend any specific versions of junos to run
> on them?
>
> I'm not taking advantage of any advance features, just after something
> stable :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> William
> ___
> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp

___
juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net 
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp


The Networking People (TNP) Limited. Registered office: Network House, Caton 
Rd, Lancaster, LA1 3PE. Registered in England & Wales with company number: 
07667393

This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended 
solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If 
you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This 
message contains confidential information and is intended only for the 
individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not 
disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender 
immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete 
this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are 
notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in 
reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.
--- End Message ---
___
juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp

Re: [j-nsp] EX2300 Code

[Brian Johnson]

Always use the JTAC recommends version unless you have a specific feature you 
need that is not supported in that version.

https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content=KB21476 


Thus... 15.1X53-D591 or 18.2R3-S2 should be good to go.

- Brian

> On Dec 9, 2019, at 5:15 AM, William  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am in the process of getting our first stack of EX2300s ready for
> production, can anyone recommend any specific versions of junos to run
> on them?
> 
> I'm not taking advantage of any advance features, just after something
> stable :)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> William
> ___
> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp

___
juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp

Re: [j-nsp] EX2300 Code

[Alain Hebert]

    Well,

    Our RMA experience with those model is not great...  good luck =D.

    PS: JTAC made us got down to 15.1X53-D592.1 after several issues of 
port being stuck open (STP) and looping our OOB Management :(


-
Alain Hebertaheb...@pubnix.net
PubNIX Inc.
50 boul. St-Charles
P.O. Box 26770 Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 6G7
Tel: 514-990-5911  http://www.pubnix.netFax: 514-990-9443

On 2019-12-09 06:15, William wrote:

Hi,

I am in the process of getting our first stack of EX2300s ready for
production, can anyone recommend any specific versions of junos to run
on them?

I'm not taking advantage of any advance features, just after something
stable :)

Cheers,

William
___
juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp



___
juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp

Re: [j-nsp] EX2300 Code

[Emille Blanc]

We've not had any issues (so far) with either 15.1X53-D5​1, or 18.2R2.6.
Only using them for L2 distribution or QinQ, though. So your mileage may vary.

-Original Message-
From: juniper-nsp [mailto:juniper-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of 
Philippe Girard
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2019 10:48 AM
To: Nelson, Brian; juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [j-nsp] EX2300 Code

A note on that.

Not only does the switch stop responding and needs to be power cycled, but in 
our case while this happens uplink ports on a redundant ring bridge BPDUs from 
working switches and you get a nice linerate traffic loop going.

We also use those as OOB management for our MX routers and other gear, and 
without any l2 protection MX starts slipping and drops BGP and other important 
protocols while this happens.

As per TAC recommendation, we've downgraded to the latest 15.X version, been 
stable for about a week.




-Original Message-
From: juniper-nsp  On Behalf Of Nelson, 
Brian
Sent: December 9, 2019 10:46 AM
To: juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [j-nsp] EX2300 Code

If Juniper provides a version which is stable for more that a few weeks let me 
know. I've been chasing version upgrades for months now.

Brian Nelson

On 12/9/19 5:15 AM, William wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am in the process of getting our first stack of EX2300s ready for 
> production, can anyone recommend any specific versions of junos to run 
> on them?
>
> I'm not taking advantage of any advance features, just after something 
> stable :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> William
> ___
> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net 
> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
>


--
Supervisor
Computing Systems Support
Dept of Computer Science

___
juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net 
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
___
juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp

___
juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp

Re: [j-nsp] EX2300 Code

[Philippe Girard]

A note on that.

Not only does the switch stop responding and needs to be power cycled, but in 
our case while this happens uplink ports on a redundant ring bridge BPDUs from 
working switches and you get a nice linerate traffic loop going.

We also use those as OOB management for our MX routers and other gear, and 
without any l2 protection MX starts slipping and drops BGP and other important 
protocols while this happens.

As per TAC recommendation, we've downgraded to the latest 15.X version, been 
stable for about a week.




-Original Message-
From: juniper-nsp  On Behalf Of Nelson, 
Brian
Sent: December 9, 2019 10:46 AM
To: juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [j-nsp] EX2300 Code

If Juniper provides a version which is stable for more that a few weeks let me 
know. I've been chasing version upgrades for months now.

Brian Nelson

On 12/9/19 5:15 AM, William wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am in the process of getting our first stack of EX2300s ready for 
> production, can anyone recommend any specific versions of junos to run 
> on them?
>
> I'm not taking advantage of any advance features, just after something 
> stable :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> William
> ___
> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net 
> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
>


--
Supervisor
Computing Systems Support
Dept of Computer Science

___
juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net 
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
___
juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp

Re: [j-nsp] EX2300 Code

[Nelson, Brian]

If Juniper provides a version which is stable for more that a few weeks
let me know. I've been chasing version upgrades for months now.

Brian Nelson

On 12/9/19 5:15 AM, William wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am in the process of getting our first stack of EX2300s ready for
> production, can anyone recommend any specific versions of junos to run
> on them?
>
> I'm not taking advantage of any advance features, just after something
> stable :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> William
> ___
> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
>


-- 
Supervisor
Computing Systems Support 
Dept of Computer Science

___
juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp

Re: [j-nsp] EX2300 Code

[Alexandre Snarskii]

On Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 11:15:01AM +, William wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am in the process of getting our first stack of EX2300s ready for
> production, can anyone recommend any specific versions of junos to run
> on them?
> 
> I'm not taking advantage of any advance features, just after something
> stable :)

What you shall NOT run on ex2300 is versions released between Feb 2019
and late November 2019 (we hit this bug on 19.2R1 and 19.3R1):

Number  PR1442376
Release NoteOn EX2300/EX2300-C platforms, if Junos software is with FreeBSD
kernel version 11 with the build date on or after 2019-02-12, the switch may 
stop forwarding traffic or responding to console. Power cycle of switch would 
recover the issue.

___
juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp

Re: [j-nsp] EX2300 Code

[Richard McGovern via juniper-nsp]

--- Begin Message ---
Use 18.2R3-S2

Richard McGovern
Sr Sales Engineer, Juniper Networks 
978-618-3342
 
I’d rather be lucky than good, as I know I am not good
I don’t make the news, I just report it
 

On 12/9/19, 6:15 AM, "William"  wrote:

Hi,

I am in the process of getting our first stack of EX2300s ready for
production, can anyone recommend any specific versions of junos to run
on them?

I'm not taking advantage of any advance features, just after something
stable :)

Cheers,

William



--- End Message ---
___
juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp

[j-nsp] EX2300 Code

[William]

Hi,

I am in the process of getting our first stack of EX2300s ready for
production, can anyone recommend any specific versions of junos to run
on them?

I'm not taking advantage of any advance features, just after something
stable :)

Cheers,

William
___
juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp