[nsp] NPE-G1 frustration

[Michael Lyngbøl]

On 26.09.2003 12:50:46 +0000, Streiner, Justin wrote:
> I upgraded one of my 7206VXRs from an NPE-300 to an NPE-G1 back in June
> and since that time I've had to replace hardware going on three times.
> The first time Cisco sent me a replacement G1 and the second time we
> forklifted in a new router, G1, interface cards and all...  This time
> around I'm pushing for all brand-spanking-new hardware, straight off the
> assembly line, as opposed to something that's been sitting in a parts
> depot for 6 months...  I'm pretty much at my wit's end with this thing.
> 
> The router has been resetting due to power-on, however further digging has
> shown that the reset was due to a watchdog timeout each time.  They
> references DDTS bug CSCea25622, which is supposed to be resolved.
> 
> Has anyone else had similar experiences with the NPE-G1 at this point?

No, we do have a bunch of NPE-G1 runnning without problems.

> Was there a rash of bad G1s that made it through quality control or
> something?

My intital guess would be so.

> Several IOS versions have been run since June.  Current one is 12.1(19)E,
> which is listed as a fixed version for CSCea25622.

We're running 12.2(14)S1 and 12.2(15)T1 with out any problems.

/Michael

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Michael Lyngbøl -- michael at lyngbol dot dk
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