Description

What do each of the numbers in 'Junos Release 10.0R3' represent?

Symptoms

Understanding how Junos release numbering works and what each section means.

Solution


In Junos Release 10.0R3

10.0 is the major version number. 
3 is the revision number.

Starting in 2010 Junos releases will be numbered according to a year.quarter convention. So the last release of 2010 is 10.4 and the first release in 2011 will be 11.1

You may sometimes see an 'S' or Service release like 10.0S6 - the are special releases that are published outside the normal release cycle and generally only availalbe by contacting Juniper support (JTAC)



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