[rancid] Re: force10 support

[Sean Murphy]

Unfortunately not all Force10 Switches can be upgraded to FTOS from 
SFTOS I checked with Force10 support and the switches that we have 
running are S50 Originals.  I have included an email from Force10.  I 
would hate to see support go for SFTOS as we rely heavily on RANCID as 
part of our network equipment toolkit.  Unfortunately I don't have much 
experience with programing but I do have the Force10 equipment and will 
be able to test updates for the RANCID team if thats what you need.

Sean,

 

The switch in question over here is an S50-Classic, and I am afraid FTOS 
is not supported on these switches.

Let me know if you have any questions.

 

Thanks,

Pranav

Chris Bell wrote:
> If it matters - we have been slowly upgrading our S50V switches from
> SFTOS to FTOS.  We run them in stacks.  Running SFTOS, I cannot run
> RANCID against them with all the bugs concerning SSH.  I despise TELNET,
> but I guess that would be an option.
>
> We have an E1200 at the core that has been RANCID friendly for several
> years.  Upgrading the closet S50V's to also be RANCID friendly is worth
> any headache it may cause in my book...
>
> I can also say (for those who are interested) that we've had few
> problems running the new 7.7.1.1 code on our S50V's than we have ever
> had running SFTOS. 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net
> [mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net] On Behalf Of john heasley
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 6:08 PM
> To: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
> Subject: [rancid] force10 support
>
> I'm considering not supporting SFTOS, the pre-FTOS O/S for Force10.
> SFTOS is EOL and AFAICT FTOS is supported on all of the hardware.  The
> differences are slight but annoying enough and I'm not convinced its
> worth the effort.
> For some that means upgrading, which may not be easy for them.
>
> Who can honestly say that they can't upgrade and really need SFTOS
> support?
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