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

From: Martin, Christian (cmartin@gnilink.net)
Date: Tue Aug 29 2000 - 23:07:55 EDT


We're deploying 12.0.11S3 throughout. There is one "minor?" bug: ATM
interfaces show in the config that the sonet mode is stm-1. A show
controllers reveals STS-3c. The problem we have with this is the next
upgrade....

chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Tostevin [mailto:Steve.Tostevin@cwo.net.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 8:49 PM
> To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
> Cc: 'George Robbins'; 'c.spurgeon@mail.utexas.edu'
> Subject: RE: [nsp] Limitations on numbers of GEIP in 7500 & IOS
> recommenda tion
>
>
> 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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