[c-nsp] Quick question about redundant connections.

Drew Weaver drew.weaver at thenap.com
Mon Aug 13 09:25:48 EDT 2007


OK,

So let us assume it is an issue with FIB, is there any way to detect that this problem is imminent? Is there a way to track LC RAM utilization via SNMP or another way?

Maybe that would be a good first step.

-Drew



-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Matt Addison
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 12:20 PM
To: mtinka at globaltransit.net; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Quick question about redundant connections.

The "stops routing" sounds like FIB issues causing CEF to turn off on
the linecards. How much memory do you have on the linecards? (  "show
diags | inc (SLOT|MEM-|Engine)"  ). If you have less than 256M processor
memory on any linecard you may want to look into taking it up to 256M.

To check if this is indeed happening, the next time it happens try
executing a "execute-on slot <slot> show cef state", if CEF is disabled,
the LC may have run out of memory.

~Matt


-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Mark Tinka
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 11:45 AM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Quick question about redundant connections.

On Friday 10 August 2007 22:47, Drew Weaver wrote:

> Is there a particular scheme for downstream switches to verify that an

> upstream router is actually functioning "properly" on a periodic
> basis?

Sounds like a probable candidate for BFD; but doesn't quite explain why
your box "stops routing".

BFD:

http://cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6017/products_feature_guide09186a00803
fbe87.html

Mark.
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