[c-nsp] instabilities with SXI2?

[Eduard Gheorghiu]

Hi,

I've seen something similar on a 6500 with SXF; the SP is crashing 
without crashinfo.
Just search for any events on SP with:
remote command switch show nvlog

Eduard

Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering if one of you is running SXI2 non-modular code and has had 
> negative experiences?
>
> We run it on a 7604/Sup720 with no problems at all, and on a 7603/Sup32-10G
> that is a bit unhappy with us these days - it's spontaneously reloading
> every few days (twice so far), and after the reload, it claims
>
> System returned to ROM by power on at 11:35:27 MET Fri Nov 10 2000 (SP by power on)
>
> ... which I'm reasonably sure is a blatant lie (redundant PSUs, connected
> to different power distribution strips, no works at that time, yadda yadda).
>
> (And it was *not* there in the year 2000 either...)
>
>
> After the first crash, I hooked up a console, to see whether it would
> print anything funny - nothing.  Just the normal "configured by..."
> messages (last line as of 3 days ago), and then the "System Bootstrap"
> line that the boot ROM prints as the very first line.
>
>   
> Nothing in the bootflash, no crashinfo, etc.
>
>
> So, it's either:
>
>  - SXI2 is bad, and the Sup720 box has been lucky
>  - SXI2 doesn't like the Sup32-10G (or the 7603)
>  - SXI2 is fine, and this specific hardware is flakey
>
> TAC case has been opened, but since the box is refusing to give meaningful
> statements on *why* it's unhappy, this is not proceeding - which is why
> I hope to hear from you "yes, we've seen that as well" or "no, SXI2 is
> rock solid for us" evidence.
>
> (I won't go in the details of the box's configuration - there is nothing
> really different from what other boxes do in our network, IPv4, IPv6,
> MPLS, BGP [with ~500 prefixes only], the full program - but I don't
> really think this is relevant here, *those* crashes usually look different)
>
> thanks,
>
> gert
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