RE: [nsp] Limitations on numbers of GEIP in 7500 & IOS recommenda tion

From: Andre Muentener (andre.muentener@anyweb.ch)
Date: Wed Aug 30 2000 - 02:08:02 EDT


Hi Toss
We run 12.0(11)S on 75xx which is stable. We have also dcef on and no
problems. With later versions we had all kind of problems (snmp, cef..).
Andre

At 02:49 30.08.00, you wrote:

>George, Charles et al...
>We were due to move on to 12.0(12)S but Cisco & our tester pulled the plug.
>They are currently putting 12.0(12.5)S through it's paces.
>Has anyone attempted this as yet? Or additional comments, please.
>Regards,
>Toss.
>steve.tostevin@cwo.net.au
>+61 2 9342 0783
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: George Robbins [mailto:grr@shandakor.tharsis.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, 23 August 2000 4:18 PM
>To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
>Subject: Re: [nsp] Limitations on numbers of GEIP in 7500 & IOS
>recommendation
>
>
>We just tried 12.0.12S on a fairly simple 7513 config, silent CEF
>routing failures within 1 hour of boot-up. We'd been runing a
>12.1 image but having intolerable memory leak/fragmentation problems,
>maybe it's time to go back to 11.1CC again.
>
>
> > Subject: Re: [nsp] Limitations on numbers of GEIP in 7500 & IOS
>recommendation
> > To: tishi@ziplink.net
> > Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:56:59 -0500 (CDT)
> > Cc: rkuhljr@uol.com.br (Rubens Kuhl Jr.), roliver@chello.com,
> > cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
> >
> > >is 12.0(12)S any good?
> >
> > HSA on dual CPUs in a 7513 is broken in this code. The slave CPU never
> > comes up correctly.
> >
> > Also, bugid CSCdr13342 hit one hour after this code was loaded:
> > Aug 20 12:11:28: %FIB-3-FIBDISABLE: Fatal error, slot 4: No window
> > message, LC to RP IPC is non-operational
> >
> > This VIP 2/50 (128/8 MB RAM with two FE PAMs) is now wedged at 100%
> > CPU load, with high rates of "ignored" packets and packet loss through
> > the VIP. Currently the VIP is not moving any traffic and is still at
> > 100% CPU load.
> >
> > All attempts to clear or reset the VIP short of a reload have not
> > worked. The "clear cef linecard" command recommended in the bugid info
> > does not work.
> >
> > Also, an unused GEIP set to admin down generated this error msg:
> > Aug 22 07:37:16: %FIB-3-FIBDISABLE: Fatal error, slot 3: no memory
> >
> > All attempts to clear the GEIP slot have also failed. There were no
> > such failures with this board or HSA or the FE VIP under 11.1(30)CC
> > code.
> >
> > -Charles
> >
> > Charles E. Spurgeon / UT Austin Networking Services
> > c.spurgeon@mail.utexas.edu / 512.475.9265
> >
> >

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