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

Jerry Kersey jrk at ebsco.com
Tue Sep 27 12:25:53 EDT 2005


The tac case I had opened on this is  601703133
I have all the crash info and sho tech files also If anyone wants them...
The BUG is still opned..  CSCsb60945

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[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net]On Behalf Of Rodney Dunn
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:14 AM
To: Gert Doering
Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] PA-2FE-TX using both ports kills module


On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 08:34:49AM +0200, Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 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.
> 
> > >All reports seen here in this list that had issues with PA-2FE-TXs have

> > >HW rev 1.00 / board revision B0.
> > >
> > >We swapped the faulty one in our 7200 to a PA-2FE-TX with revision C0,
> > >and both ports are working perfectly well now...
> > >
> > So it looks like a hardware problem with these revisions? Why is there 
> > no TAC advisory about this? There must be a lot of cards floating around

> > with this problem.
> 
> >From what I gather on this list, it's biting a number of people, but not
> enough can open TAC cases so that something is done officially.
> 
> Rodney has tried to track this down but so far not been successful
> (as far as I know) which might be related to it only happening with
> very specific production series.

I haven't solved it because I haven't been able to recreate it yet.
I'll try again. It would be easier if someone could send me a full
'sh tech' from their router where they see this problem from a 72xx
and I'll try and setup one in the lab just like it. It's easier
from a switching path perspective with a 72xx.

> 
> > >It would be perfect if you could open a TAC case on this, so this could
> > >finally be tracked down (we can't right now).
> > I would like to, but I don't currently have a maintenance contract on 
> > this router.
> 
> That seems to be a common problem...  (neither can I, for the routers
> affected).
> 
> gert
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