[c-nsp] RSP-6-TXSTUCK - software or hardware?

David Freedman david.freedman at uk.clara.net
Fri Aug 11 09:17:33 EDT 2006


Sure:

Rodney Dunn wrote:
> David,
> 
> What those messages were designed for was to help
> identify if there was tx accumulator leaks on a 75xx before
> it started affecting traffic.
> It was one of the code areas we had some bugs so we put
> that in to try and help. However it caused some false positives
> so we removed it for E1's and below from what I remember.
> 
> Pretty unilikely your load is high enough to get to the DS3 rate
> as long as it's really clocking at a T3.
> 
> Can you provide:
> sh int se 6/0/0 stat

#sh int s6/0/0 stat
Serial6/0/0
           Switching path    Pkts In   Chars In   Pkts Out  Chars Out
                Processor      20039    2084968      20039    2084968
              Route cache          0          0          0          0
        Distributed cache          0          0          0          0
                    Total      20039    2084968      20039    2084968





> 
> and sh contr cbus


#show controllers cbus | beg slot6
   slot6: VIP2 R5K, hw 2.00, sw 22.20, ccb F800FF70, cmdq E80000B0, vps 8192
     software loaded from system
     IOS (tm) VIP Software (SVIP-DW-M), Version 12.3(10d), RELEASE 
SOFTWARE (fc2)
     ROM Monitor version 115.0
    Mx T3+(1) HW Revision 0x3, FW Revision 3.93
     Serial6/0/0, applique is T3+ DTE
       received clockrate 1365
       gfreeq E8000180, lfreeq E80001B0 (4512 bytes)
       rxlo 4, rxhi 78, rxcurr 0, maxrxcurr 3
       txq E8001A80, txacc E8001A82 (value 76), txlimit 78
     FastEthernet6/1/0, addr 0001.9700.78c8 (bia 0001.9700.78c8)
       gfreeq E8000160, lfreeq E80001B8 (1536 bytes)
       rxlo 4, rxhi 526, rxcurr 4, maxrxcurr 29
       txq E8001A88, txacc E8001A8A (value 264), txlimit 265


> 
> from the box.
> 
> See what the value/limit is for that serial 6/0/0 interface.
> 
> There is a remote remote remote chance it could be bad hadware
> causing buffer header corruption which results in txacc leaks.
> I've only seen that 3 times every in 8 years but it is a chance.
> Almost always it's a software bug.
> 
> Rodney
> 
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 01:15:06PM +0100, David Freedman wrote:
>> 
>> Hardware: 75xx(dual RSP4) with VIP2-50 populated with PA-T3+ and PA-FE-TX
>> 
>> What would cause the following messages to occur?
>> 
>> 
>> Aug  9 21:13:29 BST: %RSP-6-TXSTUCK: Txacc of Interface Serial6/0/0 is 
>> at 2% of its txlimit
>> 
>> Aug 10 10:08:48 BST: %RSP-6-TXSTUCK: Txacc of Interface Serial6/0/0 is 
>> at 3% of its txlimit
>> 
>> Aug 10 12:02:00 BST: %RSP-6-TXSTUCK: Txacc of Interface Serial6/0/0 is 
>> at 2% of its txlimit
>> 
>> 
>> Traffic on this interface is miniscule (i.e around 8/10Mbps) and on the 
>> FE interface around 16/20Mbps, both with appropriate packet rates.
>> 
>> Checking the graphs for the times that these events were reported , 
>> nothing untoward was occuring at the time.
>> 
>> We also graph the CPU of the VIPs and the VIP didn't rise about 10% CPU 
>> at these times.
>> 
>> The box is a legacy piece of kit which has been beefed up somewhat to 
>> run 12.3 (as it has IPv6 requirements) , its currently running 12.3(10)d
>> but I can't find any known bugs that refer directly to this.
>> 
>> The T3 has been experiencing Input errors for around a week before these 
>> messages were appearing:
>> 
>> Serial6/0/0 is up, line protocol is up
>>    Hardware is cyBus PODS3+ Serial
>>    Description: Protection T path DS3 over 100239/450845-0/2308
>>    MTU 4470 bytes, BW 44210 Kbit, DLY 200 usec,
>>       reliability 255/255, txload 5/255, rxload 39/255
>>    Encapsulation HDLC, crc 16, loopback not set
>>    Keepalive set (10 sec)
>>    Restart-Delay is 0 secs
>>    Last input 00:00:00, output 00:00:00, output hang never
>>    Last clearing of "show interface" counters 1d19h
>>    Input queue: 0/2000/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 
>> 9714
>>    Queueing strategy: fifo
>>    Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
>>    30 second input rate 6825000 bits/sec, 1325 packets/sec
>>    30 second output rate 914000 bits/sec, 320 packets/sec
>>       610766319 packets input, 3114706794 bytes, 0 no buffer
>>       Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
>>                0 parity
>>       158422 input errors, 137421 CRC, 0 frame, 18741 overrun, 16 
>> ignored, 2260 abort
>>       34167551 packets output, 1658107765 bytes, 0 underruns
>>       0 output errors, 0 applique, 0 interface resets
>>       0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
>>       236 carrier transitions
>>     rxLOS inactive, rxLOF inactive, rxAIS inactive
>>     txAIS inactive, rxRAI inactive, txRAI inactive
>> 
>> 
>> I've been blaming the transmission people for the past week , but they 
>> are as mystified as me, is it possible the TXSTUCK messages are a result 
>> of some kind of events occuring on the transmission network?
>> 
>> For reference, its configured as a point-to-point DS3, as so:
>> 
>> interface Serial6/0/0
>>   description Protection T path DS3 over 100239/450845-0/2308
>>   load-interval 30
>>   dsu bandwidth 44210
>>   scramble
>>   framing c-bit
>>   cablelength 50
>>   serial restart-delay 0
>>   no clns route-cache
>>   hold-queue 2000 in
>> end
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> If we look at the PA-FE:
>> 
>> 
>> FastEthernet6/1/0 is up, line protocol is up
>>    Hardware is cyBus FastEthernet Interface, address is 0001.9700.78c8 
>> (bia 0001.9700.78c8)
>>    Description: Worker ET Path 100239/450845-0/2307
>>    MTU 1500 bytes, BW 100000 Kbit, DLY 100 usec,
>>       reliability 255/255, txload 39/255, rxload 13/255
>>    Encapsulation 802.1Q Virtual LAN, Vlan ID  1., loopback not set
>>    Keepalive set (10 sec)
>>    Full-duplex, 100Mb/s, 100BaseTX/FX
>>    ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
>>    Last input 00:00:00, output 00:00:06, output hang never
>>    Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
>>    Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
>>    Queueing strategy: fifo
>>    Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
>>    5 minute input rate 5381000 bits/sec, 2258 packets/sec
>>    5 minute output rate 15681000 bits/sec, 2623 packets/sec
>>       1271168625 packets input, 2747320900 bytes, 0 no buffer
>>       Received 14588 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
>>       36 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 36 ignored
>>       0 watchdog
>>       0 input packets with dribble condition detected
>>       1476558580 packets output, 3223841169 bytes, 0 underruns
>>       0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
>>       0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
>>       0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
>>       0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
>> 
>> 
>> Nothing out of the ordinary.
>> 
>> 
>> Not quite sure how to proceed, I'm considering replacing the PA and/or 
>> the VIP but if anybody can suggest this as being a s/w oddity I'm 
>> willing to replace/upgrade as needed (bugtool is not turning up anything 
>> of interest here)
>> 
>> 
>> Any help/advice on this muchly appreciated.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Dave.
>> 
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