[c-nsp] "Total output drops" - congestion ? - 7200-VXR

[Wilkinson, Alex]

Hi all,

I am having problems with a particular device going down every 3-4 days.
The switchport for which this device is connected to is telling me it is
having a lot of "output drops" e.g.

   Input queue: 0/2000/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 13342805

I 'suspect' that these output drops could be the root cause of the device
attached to this port going down consistently.

Question: Since 'output drops' seems to relate to interface congestion can
          anyone recommed a tool to 'blast' this particular interface in
          order to test {in,out}queues and congestion ?

 -aW

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