[c-nsp] Cisco 6509-E & WiSM - OIR

[Matthew Huff]

Not folklore.

I've had a 6509 with Sup 720-3B crash twice during OIR. Cisco claims the
first time I inserted too fast, the second time too slow. I've also had a
6509 linecard scorch the backplane due to a short. Not a fun day. 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-
> bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Gert Doering
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:32 PM
> To: Nick Hilliard
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 6509-E & WiSM - OIR
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 03:08:52PM +0100, Nick Hilliard wrote:
> > >My gut feeling is telling me it's okay; but I figure I'd ask the
> group J
> >
> > "Online insertion and removal" or "online insertion and reload"?
> >
> > Definitely the latter.  Unfortunately, OIR stability is a hardware
> problem
> > and cannot really be avoided on the c65k/c76k chassis, regardless of
> the
> > line card in question.
> >
> > There's a little more information on:
> >
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalyst_6500#Online_Insertion_.26_Removal
> >
> > Personally, I've never had any problems,  [..]
> 
> Personally, I think that this is all folklore from the 7500 times...
> 
> We *never* had any problems with OIR on 7200 or 6500/7600 platforms -
> but
> lots of fun with CyBUS stalls and crashes on 7500...
> 
> gert
> 
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