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  • 1.  Upgrading EX switches firmware. Upgrade path?

    Posted 16 days ago

    I tried finding the doc that used to show the upgrade paths for switches and all I found was a doc  that tells me I can go up 2 releases at a time, but is that major release or a service release? 

    My switches are at 21.4R3-S4.18 and 21.4R3-S3.4. The current suggested is now 23.4R2-Sx for our 2300s and 4300s.  Can I go directly from 21.4 to 23.4 since that is just two major releases? 



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    JOHN WILLIAMSON
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  • 2.  RE: Upgrading EX switches firmware. Upgrade path?

    Posted 16 days ago

    Theoretically  you must do 21.4 -> 22.4 -> 23.4



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    Olivier Benghozi
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  • 3.  RE: Upgrading EX switches firmware. Upgrade path?

    Posted 16 days ago

    So, only one major release at a time? 



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    JOHN WILLIAMSON
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  • 4.  RE: Upgrading EX switches firmware. Upgrade path?

    Posted 16 days ago

    No, two major releases (that is, Extended End of Life [EEOL] Releases) at a time.

    But you forgot the fact that both 22.2 and 22.4 are EEOL,  and both 23.2 and 23.4.



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    Olivier Benghozi
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  • 5.  RE: Upgrading EX switches firmware. Upgrade path?

    Posted 16 days ago
    Junos version pull-down list
    So which of these are major releases?  


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    JOHN WILLIAMSON
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  • 6.  RE: Upgrading EX switches firmware. Upgrade path?

    Posted 15 days ago
    Edited by Olivier Benghozi 15 days ago

    https://support.juniper.net/support/eol/software/junos/

    «EEOL» lines are «major».



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    Olivier Benghozi
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  • 7.  RE: Upgrading EX switches firmware. Upgrade path?

    Posted 15 days ago

    Ah, OK. The chart helps. So, I need to bounce from one EEOL version to another. So 22.4 EEOL is the second one of those above my version and 23.4 is the second one above that. 



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    JOHN WILLIAMSON
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  • 8.  RE: Upgrading EX switches firmware. Upgrade path?

    Posted 15 days ago

    Hello John,

    Thank you for reaching out. The recommended upgrade path would be going from 21.4R3 to 22.4R3 and then to 23.4R2-Sx.

    Please note that a direct upgrade might also be possible but that needs to be tested out on a lab device with the configuration in your production devices.

    Let us know if you need further information.



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    Sourav Das
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