[nsp] odd reboot reason on a 7206VXR/NPE300...

[Thomas Kernen]

> > What's odd is this:
> >
> > router uptime is 5 hours, 2 minutes
> > System returned to ROM by RPR Switchover at 23:58:30 UTC Sat Apr 12 2003
> > System restarted at 23:59:55 UTC Sat Apr 12 2003
> > System image file is "slot0:c7200-p-mz.120-22.3.S1"
> >
> > RPR switchover?  On a 7206VXR?  Really?
> >
> > Can anyone offer insight?  Have I found a bug, or is there something
> > odd afoot here?
>
> Cute, isn't it ;).  It's a bug - CSCdx57239 "Invalid RPR switchover
> description".  We experienced that in 12.0(22)S1 with an npe400.
>
> In our case, the reason for reload was actually attributed to a parity
error;
> this log message was the telltale:
>
> %ERR-1-GT64120 (PCI-0): Fatal error, Memory parity error (external)
>

I've also had this one popup a few times with VXRs and SRP cards in 12.0S
with mallocs (128MB Ram and full BGP so quite obvious but did come up as RPR
switchover).

Thomas