[c-nsp] Cisco 2851 bug ?

Paul Cosgrove paul.cosgrove at heanet.ie
Tue Jul 15 12:34:21 EDT 2008


Hi Rodney,

Is that safe to do even if the traffic rate and/or cpu is high?

Looks like a nice feature.

Paul.

Rodney Dunn wrote:
> Or you could load the new 12.4(20)T and set up a packet capture
> on the punt path. ;)
> 
> rtp-rodunn-871#monitor capture point ip process-switched test in ?
>   <cr>
> 
> rtp-rodunn-871#monitor capture point ip process-switched rodney in
> rtp-rodunn-871#mon
> rtp-rodunn-871#monitor cap
> rtp-rodunn-871#monitor capture buf
> rtp-rodunn-871#monitor capture buffer pakdump ?
>   circular  Circular Buffer
>   clear     Clear contents of capture buffer
>   export    Export in Pcap format
>   filter    Configure filters
>   limit     Limit the packets dumped to the buffer
>   linear    Linear Buffer(Default)
>   max-size  Maximum size of element in the buffer (in bytes)
>   size      Packet Dump buffer size (in Kbytes)
>   <cr>
> 
> rtp-rodunn-871#monitor capture buffer pakdump 
> 
> ....
> 
> Start the capture and export it to pcap. ;)
> 
> This is new functionality in 12.4(20)T so we've got some enhancements to
> add to it.
> 
> Rodney
> 
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 08:06:26AM +0200, Pavel Skovajsa wrote:
>> Hi,
>> IP Input spike is usually caused by abnormal 'IP input' traffic that
>> gets punted into the RP from CEF for whatever reason.
>> A very common cause is broadcast storm. You can see what what packet
>> is holding the CPU with 'show buffers input interface fa0/1'. However
>> you need to do this command during a real spike...
>>
>> Pavel
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:47 PM, Teller, Robert
>> <RTeller at deltadentalwa.com> wrote:
>>> Is anyone aware of a bug or configuration that could cause a sudden
>>> spike in IP input?
>>>
>>> uptime is 26 weeks, 3 days, 10 hours, 54 minutes
>>> System returned to ROM by reload at 01:40:08 PST Tue Jan 8 2008
>>> System restarted at 01:41:34 PST Tue Jan 8 2008
>>> System image file is "flash:c2800nm-ipbasek9-mz.124-17a.bin"
>>> Cisco 2851 (revision 53.51) with 251904K/10240K bytes of memory.
>>>
>>> PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
>>>  66      125056   2917547         42  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CDP
>>> Protocol
>>>  67    28872876 373263867         77  0.08% 51.78% 47.36%   0 IP Input
>>>
>>> Seattle-WAN   01:00:26 PM Friday Jul 11 2008 DST
>>>
>>>
>>>                               555558888899999888888888899999999
>>>    555555544444444446666655555999998888844444333332222233333333
>>> 100
>>>  90                                 **********          ********
>>>  80                                 ****************************
>>>  70                                 ****************************
>>>  60                            *********************************
>>>  50                            *********************************
>>>  40                            *********************************
>>>  30                            *********************************
>>>  20                            *********************************
>>>  10 *******          *******************************************
>>>   0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....6
>>>             0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0
>>>               CPU% per second (last 60 seconds)
>>>
>>>
>>>    9999999                         1
>>>    588886633444434434453334333334346534453335336645645556354344
>>> 100 *******
>>>  90 #####**                                                    *
>>>  80 ######*                                                    *
>>>  70 ######*                                                    *
>>>  60 ######*                                                    *
>>>  50 ######*                                                    *
>>>  40 ######*                                                    *
>>>  30 ######*                                                    *
>>>  20 #######                         *                          #
>>>  10 #######            *            **   *   *  ** ** **** *   #
>>>   0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....6
>>>             0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0
>>>               CPU% per minute (last 60 minutes)
>>>              * = maximum CPU%   # = average CPU%
>>>
>>>
>>>    1 1 11 1  1111 111   1111111111 11 1 7121111 1112 1111 111
>>> 1121111111111
>>>
>>> 691760977743309128787415602150180091972430809462896712922076244160072513
>>> 100
>>>  90
>>>  80                                      *
>>>  70                                      *
>>>  60                                      *
>>>  50                                      *
>>>  40                                      *
>>>  30                                      *          *
>>>  20 *   *  *         *     **   *        * *  *   * * **       * *  *  *
>>> *
>>>  10
>>> ************************************************************************
>>>
>>> 0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....6....6....7.
>>> .
>>>             0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5
>>> 0
>>>                   CPU% per hour (last 72 hours)
>>>                  * = maximum CPU%   # = average CPU%
>>>
>>>
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