[nsp] GSR problem with ping ?? crashed at 27mbit/s

[lexus]

All guru's out there...your help is appreciated on this one.

Is this an IOS issue?  Or I am stuck with simply bad hardware???

Setup: 2 12008/40 gsr hook up back to back

GSR1: slot0 = GE-GBIC-SC-B
GSR1: slot7 = GRP with 256MB
System image file is "slot0:gsr-p-mz.120-6.S2"



GSR2: slot0 = GE-GBIC-SC-B
GSR2: slot7 = GRP with 256MB
System image file is "slot0:gsr-p-mz.120-6.S2"


The 2 gige cards are connected back-to-back. Gsr1=10.1.1.1/24,
gsr2=10.1.1.2/24

TEST:
All I did was to send a massive ping test, 18000 Byte packets at 0 sec
intervals.  Initially the ping was happy, up until

Router#sho int gi0/0
GigabitEthernet0/0 is up, line protocol is up 
  Hardware is GigMac GigabitEthernet, address is 00b0.8e40.2000 (bia
00b0.8e40.2000)
  Internet address is 10.1.1.1/24
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec, rely 255/255, load 6/255
  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
  Keepalive set (10 sec)
  Full-duplex mode, link type is force-up, media type is SX
  output flow-control is unsupported, input flow-control is unsupported
  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
  Last input 00:00:00, output 00:00:00, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
  Queueing strategy: fifo
  Output queue 0/40, 0 drops; input queue 3/75, 393 drops
  5 minute input rate 27190000 bits/sec, 2451 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 27180000 bits/sec, 2450 packets/sec
     1844426 packets input, 2613582397 bytes, 0 no buffer
     Received 1 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
     0 watchdog, 15 multicast, 0 pause input
     1843839 packets output, 2612677247 bytes, 0 underruns
     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred



====> after this, then it fails miserably:


Router#
00:17:27: %GRP-3-COREDUMP: Core dump incident on slot 0, error: Fabric
ping failure
00:17:27: %LCINFO-3-CRASH: Line card in slot 0 crashed
00:17:29: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface GigabitEthernet0/0, changed state
to administratively down
00:17:30: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface
GigabitEthernet0/0, changed state to down
Router#
00:17:33: %MBUS-0-DOWNREV: Fabric Downloader in slot 0 ; use "upgrade
fabric-downloader" command to update the image

SLOT 0:00:00:12: %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software 
IOS (tm) GS Software (GLC1-LC-M), Version 12.0(6)S2, EARLY DEPLOYMENT
RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 28-Oct-99 15:31 by rnapier
00:18:25: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet0/0, changed state to
up
00:18:26: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface
GigabitEthernet0/0, changed state to up




Thank you !!

-ken