Graceful Routing Engine Switchover Platform Support

To enable graceful Routing Engine switchover, your system must meet these minimum requirements:

• M20 and M40e routers—JUNOS Release 5.7 or later
• M10i router—JUNOS Release 6.1 or later
• M320 router—JUNOS Release 6.2 or later
• T320 router, T640 routing node, and TX Matrix platform—JUNOS Release 7.0 or later
• M120 router—JUNOS Release 8.2 or later
• MX960 Ethernet Services router—JUNOS Release 8.3 or later
• MX480 Ethernet Services router—JUNOS Release 8.4 or later (8.4R2 recommended)
• MX240 Ethernet Services router—JUNOS Release 9.0 or later
• T1600 routing node—JUNOS Release 8.5 or later

For more information about support for graceful Routing Engine switchover, see the sections that follow.