[c-nsp] PA-2FE-TX using both ports kills module

[Nikolai Schupbach]

We are also using 2 PA-FE-TX cards, but this defeats the purpose of 
having dual ports :-) . Plus I don't like the idea that I have a couple 
of faulty cards sitting inside my router that is critical to our network.

Jerry Kersey wrote:

>On my 7206VXR I could run either port. I could not run both at the same
>time. See Bug CSCsb60945
>The router would reload at random..
>
>We got around this problem using 2 PA-FE-TX cards.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net]On Behalf Of FreeLSD
>Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:20 PM
>To: Gert Doering
>Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
>Subject: Re: [c-nsp] PA-2FE-TX using both ports kills module
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>On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 08:34:49AM +0200, Gert Doering wrote:
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>>On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 10:22:28AM +1200, Nikolai Schupbach wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>>Does it work if you run port 1 as "single port"?  Or only "port 0"?
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>It works fine if I use either port, as long as I don't use both ports 
>>>simultaneously.
>>>      
>>>
>>Interesting.  This is not exactly the same problem we've been observing,
>>but then, I've only done limited testing in the 7200s - mainly 7500/VIP2.
>>    
>>
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>
>I've done testing JAE* cards behaviour for 7206VXR (2 NPE-400) and 
>7500 (VIP4-80, VIP2-40) 
>
>-- in 7200 card do fail if you run both port simultaneously.
>-- in 7500 card work right for port 0 and do fail with port 1.
>
>so we talk about the same cards :)
>
>
>summary of "broken" cards
>
>fingerprint:
>  PA-2FE-TX 
>  HW rev 1.00 
>  Board revision B0
>  Serial number: JAExxxxxxxx 
>
>5 cards tested by 3 people (2 - /me, 2 - Gert, 1 - Nikolai)
>in 7 (or more) different 7500/7200 routers 
>with different version IOS (12.0*S, 12.2*S)
>
>any vote from cisco? ;)
>
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