[c-nsp] Lightstream freeze

[Sebastian Ganschow]

Hi,

thanks for your answer.

I've pulled the PAM only.

its a lightstream 1010 (8515MSRP, I think).

We're running IOS 12.1(26)E

Unfortunatly, we've got no support on that box. But I'm afraid that it
could be a hardware issue.

Sebastian

Lamar Owen schrieb:
> On Friday 27 March 2009 03:47:53 Sebastian Ganschow wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> as far as i know and cisco says, a lightstream should be hot-swap capable.
>>
>> Does anyone know which reason could be, that a lightstream freezes, if you
>> pull a WAI-E3-4BNC Card?
> 
> Are you pulling the PAM only, or the whole CAM?
> 
> What IOS release are you on?  This is an LS1010, I assume.  ASP-B or ASP-C (or 
> 8515MSRP)?
> 
> Those boxes are quite old, now, and you may be tickling an old hardware or IOS 
> bug.  If you have support on it, it's EOL Last Date of Support isn't until 
> April 29, 2011.  Can't get a new contract now, but you can renew an existing 
> one until April 2010.
> 
> I had an 8510MSR 'section' in an old Catalyst 5500 I retired a few months ago, 
> and never had issues with OIR on IOS 12.1(26)E3 (itself a pretty old, but 
> still supported, IOS train).  I only used OC3 and OC12 PAMs in it, so you 
> might be tickling a bug in your particular PAM.
> 
> There is a 12.0 mainline caveat for the LS1010, CSCdw36579, that relates to 
> this issue.  The description is:
> 
> Symptom: OIR of port adapters does not work as expected using 12.0 mainline 
> software on the LightStream 1010.
> 
> Workaround: Use the latest W5 image or do not OIR the port adapters 
> individually. OIR the carrier module, remove the port adapter and then 
> reinstall the carrier module. 
> ( from 
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps718/prod_release_note09186a008049913f.html#wp36005 
> )
> 
> So you want to be on the latest 12.0W5 train image, or upgrade to the 12.1E 
> train.