Comments on: Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Software Release v5.1.6.0

By: Michael McNamara

Michael McNamara — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:22:49 +0000

In reply to Reggie.

Hi Reggie,

Have you looked at the logs from the switch?

The 8632TX is an original card that’s probably over 10 years old. You should probably budget to replace that equipment.

Good Luck!

By: Reggie

Reggie — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:16:26 +0000

we are running 5.1.6.0 and using the ers8600 as a l2 switch only. when upgrading from 4.1.5.4 to 5.1.6.0 we have experienced brief periods of instablility with the cards bouncing. some 8632tx cards have been replaced with an unknown reason for the hardware going bad. Any thoughts?

By: Steve Pampling

Steve Pampling — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:26:17 +0000

“’I’m still working through a high CPU utilization issue with Avaya on an ERS 8600 IST/SMLT cluster running 5.1.5.1 software although I’ll probably try to load 5.1.6.0 in our testlab and see how it runs.”

Hi Mike, Do you have any follow up on the CPU issue? We are running 5.1.2.0 and seeing a spiking of CPU at intervals. We do need to up the code, but downtime (even 5-10 minutes) is always difficult to get approved.