Re: CatOS/IOS Levels

Personally I like the "wait 6 months from the release then upgrade"
approach. This keeps the code relatively new but gives them time to iron out
bugs. As Uyota said, check the release notes too and ensure that the 6 month
old code didn't have bugs that were fixed. Note that if you need any new
features to support your environment's requirements you may need to go for a
more recent release, that's the exception.

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On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Rick Mur <rmur_at_ipexpert.com> wrote:
> Try the software advisor on the Cisco website.
>
> If you have a Sup2 and MSFC2 both with 256MB RAM and 64MB Flash, you can
> upgrade to Native IOS. Which is the preferred way to go. Otherwise check the
> website with your hardware specs (RAM, Flash and Sup model) which code you
> can run.
>
> Also don't forget to upgrade the ROMMON when necessary.
>
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> Rick Mur
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> On 9 feb 2010, at 22:37, Charles T. Alexander wrote:
>
> > Can anyone point me to best practices on keeping a Catalyst Switch 6509
> > up to date. I'm interested in CatOS 6.3(7) IOS 12.1(8b) where I would
> > find recommendatation on what release one should be at.
> >
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