[c-nsp] 7204vxr freeze-up question

[Rodney Dunn]

Can you get it in that condition and get a 'sh controller' and
'show int'?

It sounds like the ingress rx driver is locking up.

Try the latest 12.4 mainline code (12.4(16)) if you have it in the
lab and see if it's there too.

Rodney

On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 11:45:29AM -0400, Adam Greene wrote:
> Hmm.
> 
> Upgraded router to 12.3(23).
> 
> Even after the upgrade, passing 82.3Mbps in / 42.5Mbps out over the 
> 7204VXR's PA-GE interface (plus 1000BaseSX GBIC) causes the interface to 
> stop passing traffic.
> 
> Reseating the GBIC does not rectify the issue. However, reseating the PA-GE 
> card does.
> 
> Tried moving the PA-GE card from slot 2 to slot 3 (different PCI bus) and 
> the problem still occurs.
> 
> Tried with a different PA-GE card. Problem still occurs.
> 
> I'll try with another GBIC, but that seems unlikely to resolve the issue.
> 
> It's sounding like I may need to replace this router. Ugh.
> 
> If anyone has any bright ideas, they are welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> Adam
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Adam Greene" <maillist at webjogger.net>
> To: "Masood Ahmad Shah" <masood at nexlinx.net.pk>; <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 10:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] 7204vxr freeze-up question
> 
> 
> > Masood,
> >
> > Thanks for the advice. Current IOS is 12.2(13)T16. We'll look into 
> > upgrading
> > it. I'll have to see what will support the NPE300; we're running very few
> > features, though, so I don't expect to have an issue...
> >
> > The GBIC is plugged into a Bridgewave radio; power cycling the radio does
> > not resolve the issue, only cycling the router does, so I think the issue 
> > is
> > on the router end. But we'll keep in mind the suggestion.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Adam
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Masood Ahmad Shah" <masood at nexlinx.net.pk>
> > To: "'Adam Greene'" <maillist at webjogger.net>; <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 9:19 PM
> > Subject: RE: [c-nsp] 7204vxr freeze-up question
> >
> >
> >> Well, which IOS version you run?
> >>
> >> I know there are some issues with Intel chipset while it gets connected
> >> into
> >> cisco GBIC. I strongly suggest updating driver of NIC (if there is),
> >> upgrade
> >> IOS or change your NIC to check it out...
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Masood Ahmad Shah
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> >> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Adam Greene
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:43 PM
> >> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> >> Subject: [c-nsp] 7204vxr freeze-up question
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm running into an issue with a 7204VXR/NPE-300 router with 128MB RAM.
> >>
> >> A 1000Base-SX GBIC is plugged into one of the slots (not sure of the part
> >> #
> >> of the card into which the GBIC plugs).
> >>
> >> We were running some dueling gateways speed tests with the router (packet
> >> stream is sent via iPerf to router A, which forwards it to router B, 
> >> which
> >> forwards it back to router A, which forwards it back to router B, until
> >> TTL
> >> is decremented to 0).
> >>
> >> Soon after I start sending 75Mbps - 80Mbps of traffic to the router's gig
> >> interface via iPerf, the gig interface stops sending / receiving any
> >> traffic
> >> whatsoever. The CLI of the router remains up, the gig interface reports 
> >> it
> >> is up / up, memory and cpu utilization remain low. No logs are generated.
> >> Traffic on other interfaces is unaffected. I shut / no shut the gigabit
> >> interface, but traffic still refuses to pass. Only a reload of the router
> >> rectifies the issue.
> >>
> >> I wonder if there is a debug command that could provide some insight into
> >> the problem. At this point I am suspecting a hardware issue (GBIC, card,
> >> or
> >> backplane).
> >>
> >> Thanks for any insights ....
> >>
> >> Adam
> >>
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