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There aren't enough ports on the 4550 to swap it in we would need two. We are due for a fabric upgrade. On Oct 27, 2016 7:23 AM, "Ben Wiechman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > What would be the proposed solution? Replace the failing EX4500 with a > 4550? If so, what does one of those run? > > > Ben Wiechman > Network Engineer IV | Arvig > Direct: 320.256.0184 > Cell: 320.247.3224 > Office: 320.256.7471 > [log in to unmask] > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 7:03 AM, Mike O'Connor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> i think we owe you one, Doug >> >> thanks! >> >> m >> >> > On Oct 27, 2016, at 2:07 AM, Doug McIntyre <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > >> > On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 01:35:06AM -0500, Doug McIntyre wrote: >> >> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 01:20:45PM -0500, Doug McIntyre wrote: >> >>> We're going to upgrade the core MICE 10G switches coming up this week >> >>> on Wednesday night/ Thursday morning at 12:30AM-1:00AM CDT on 27 >> October. >> >> >> >> The upgrade is NOT going as planned, and we discovered our maintenance >> >> support has run out again, and JTAC will not help us (even at a pay >> >> per-incidence event). In fact, since the EX4500 has reached EOL, >> (although >> >> not EOM), and we let the contract expire, Juniper says we will be >> unable to >> >> renew maintenance support on the EX4500 at all. >> >> >> >> I'm looking at ways to bring the VC cluster fully back online now. >> >> >> >> If it comes down to it, I should have non-production hardware that >> could >> >> temporarily go in. >> > >> > Okay, I'm going to have to drive in. >> > >> > Right now, the state of things. >> > >> > The primary boot partition on the EX4500 took a digger, so we have bad >> > hardware. I was able to boot off the backup boot partition on the >> > EX4500, but this is still the older software version since I was in >> > the middle of the upgrade and the upgrade process didn't get to the >> > 2nd partition to upgrade it yet. >> > >> > The virtual chassis is now split version, which means VC won't work. >> > >> > Furthmore, networking is not working on either unit, even to the OOB. >> > >> > I am going to have to drive in to be physically in front of the box. >> > >> > I have two plans of attack. I will put the install image on a USB >> > drive and load it off USB onto the unit. IIRC, having done this >> > before long ago, this takes *ages* to do. >> > >> > If I can get both units happy with the same software versions, VC can >> > reestablish, and things can go along. >> > >> > I also have two EX4550's not-in-production right now, I'll bring them >> > along just in case. If things are really to the point of no return on >> > the EX4500, I can put in one or two and bring them up, restoring the >> > saved configs onto them. Of course, things will have to shuffle a little >> > then. This will delay me a bit in unmounting them from where they are, >> > but I think it is a safe backup plan. >> > >> > Another option would be to make the EX4550 standalone, but I have to >> > unhook the VC cables before this can happen, and it only helps along >> > a portion of the members. I don't think this is worthwhile to pursue. >> > >> > So, it'll be another hour before I can get downtown to my place, get >> > hardware, and get over to 511. >> > >> > -- >> > Doug McIntyre <[log in to unmask]> >> > ~.~ ipHouse ~.~ >> > Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades >> >> WI:(715) 598-4284 MN:(651) 647-6109 Toll Free:(800) 896-0907 Fax: >> (866)-280-2356 >> > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 >