[c-nsp] Strange 6509 Error

[Tim Stevenson]

If you aren't already, I'd definitely work with the TAC on this - hopefully 
there is crashinfo that can help them isolate the cause of the failover; 
these two symptoms may very well be related.

Tim

At 07:08 AM 8/10/2005, Paul Stewart stated:
>Just a followup... We rebooted the unit overnight and the errors
>continue.  This morning, the supervisors kicked over to the 2nd one for
>no apparent reason... Have to presume that it is software related now
>and possible IOS bug because the 2nd supervisor is complaining of the
>same errors??
>
>Thanks,
>Paul
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tim Stevenson [mailto:tstevens at cisco.com]
>Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 11:00 AM
>To: Paul Stewart; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
>Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Strange 6509 Error
>
>This is generated by the CEF consistency checker code (specifically,
>checking the consistency of writes to the FIB SSRAM, which is the
>"result"
>memory for your h/w FIB prefixes, meaning, containing the RPF VLAN, ADJ
>pointer, & some other info).
>
>This error is corrected by the software. Is this error happening
>regularly or you just saw it once this morning? It is not anything to
>worry about unless it happens regularly, in which case there could be a
>software bug, or a problem in the FIB TCAM memory.
>
>Tim
>
>At 07:25 AM 8/8/2005, Paul Stewart quipped:
> >Hi there...
> >
> >I'm getting the following errors this morning on one of our 6509's
> >
> >Aug  8 10:18:12: %MLSCEF-SP-2-FIB_SSRAM_WRITE_INCONSISTENCY: FIB SSRAM
> >Mismatch for Index: 16583
> >  Expected: 818000  , Hardware: 8818000
> >
> >Can't find any info on this error?  Anyone know what this means?
> >Sounds like a memory issue between CEF and FIB?
> >Sup2/MSFC2 Version 12.2(18)SXD5
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Paul Stewart
> >Network Specialist
> >Nexicom Inc.
> >
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>Tim Stevenson, tstevens at cisco.com
>Routing & Switching CCIE #5561
>Technical Marketing Engineer, Catalyst 6500 Cisco Systems,
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Tim Stevenson, tstevens at cisco.com
Routing & Switching CCIE #5561
Technical Marketing Engineer, Catalyst 6500
Cisco Systems, http://www.cisco.com
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