[nsp] PA-MC-2T3+ reporting traffic way too high

Jeff Chan cisco-nsp at jeffchan.com
Mon Jul 21 15:45:49 EDT 2003


On Monday, July 21, 2003, 2:43:38 PM, Jared Mauch wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 02:17:01PM -0700, Jeff Chan wrote:
>> Thanks Jared!  So should we just sit and wait for S4?  1/2 :-)
>> 
>> How is everyone handling this?

>         I'm quite upset that Cisco can't seem to address
> counter issues.  this case here is broken for both SNMP and 'sh int'.  I
> would call TAC, report the issue and request a fixed image or threaten
> to convert the router to some vendor that can count (and hence bill)
> your customers properly.  I feel cisco should take immediate ownership
> of such issues and fix them for good.

>         Add in debugging code that will prevent reporting of such 
> booooooogus values.

>         My T1 can not do more than 1536k.  if I'm attempting to send
> to the cli or snmp more than that, something is broken.

>         this should be very trivial to detect, and as a result, fix.

I agree wholeheartedly with your comments above.  We are seeing
both show int and snmp broken too.

The bogosity meter is pegged on this one.  :-(

Jeff C.
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>> Jeff C.
>> __
>> 
>> On Monday, July 21, 2003, 2:12:52 PM, Jared Mauch wrote:
>> > On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 01:56:38PM -0700, Jeff Chan wrote:
>> >> Hi All,
>> >> A netadmin friend suggested I sign up for this list so I thought
>> >> I'd see if you guys had some ideas about a possible bug we're
>> >> seeing.
>> >> 
>> >> We recently upgraded to 12.2(14)S3 and notice that the traffic
>> >> reported on a PA-MC-2T3+ in a 7513 on a VIP-2/50 is way too high:
>> 
>> >         I have a bug for this.
>> 
>> >         CSCeb68858
>> 
>> >         I've seen it both on all types of CT3 itnerfaces, both on
>> > PA-2T3+, PA-MC-2T3 series, and CT3IP50 boards.
>> 
>> >         - Jared
>> 
>> >> > supranet01>sh int Serial10/1/1/8:0
>> >> > Serial10/1/1/8:0 is up, line protocol is up
>> >> >   Hardware is cyBus 2CT3+
>> >> >   Description: AA Peering Point #1
>> >> >   Internet address is NN/30
>> >> >   MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1536 Kbit, DLY 20000 usec,
>> >> >      reliability 255/255, txload 26/255, rxload 48/255
>> >> >   Encapsulation PPP, crc 16, loopback not set
>> >> >   Keepalive set (10 sec)
>> >> >   LCP Open
>> >> >   Open: IPCP
>> >> >   Last input 00:00:11, output 00:00:00, output hang never
>> >> >   Last clearing of "show interface" counters 16:30:49
>> >> >   Input queue: 0/75/0/11 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 1569
>> >> >   Queueing strategy: fifo
>> >> >   Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
>> >> >   5 minute input rate 9545000 bits/sec, 3026 packets/sec
>> >> >   5 minute output rate 12496000 bits/sec, 2970 packets/sec
>> >> >      2341811 packets input, 778137258 bytes, 0 no buffer
>> >> >      Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
>> >> >      0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 1 abort
>> >> >      2477327 packets output, 1393787280 bytes, 0 underruns
>> >> >      0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
>> >> >      0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
>> >> >      2 carrier transitions no alarm present
>> >> >   Timeslot(s) Used: 1-24, Transmitter delay is 0 flags, transmit queue length 5
>> >> >   non-inverted data
>> >> 
>> >> How can an interface with 1536 Kb of bandwidth report or do 9
>> >> and 12 megabits of traffic?  The answer is that it can't.  :)
>> >> The 5 minute average values our mrtg is picking up by snmp also
>> >> got spikey after the upgrade.  The peak values may be correct
>> >> but the average seems missing, filtered out, or too low.
>> >> 
>> >> We did turn of cef since it seemed to cause a problem, possibly
>> >> with ISL.  (We plan to move to Dot1Q for trunking vlans later.)
>> >> 
>> >> Has anyone else seen this?
>> >> 
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> 
>> >> Jeff C.
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