[c-nsp] 6500 - FABRIC-SP-3-DISABLE_FAB

[Drew Weaver]

Hi Phil,

We actually upgraded from SXF13 to SXF17 since this issue began so we have 'reloaded' it, we haven't completely powered it off and back on yet though.

thanks,
-Drew


-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Mayers [mailto:p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:40 AM
To: Drew Weaver
Cc: Cisco-nsp
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] 6500 - FABRIC-SP-3-DISABLE_FAB

> 

> Anyone have any thoughts as to what might be occurring here? We can
> replace the card in slot 13 as well but we are concerned about the
> exciting game of musical fabric errors the switch is playing.

This might sound a bit odd, but you might see it go away with a reload. 
We've had funnies with fabric channels that were reliably reproducible, 
until we reloaded the box as a "last try" before RMAing - and it and all 
of its linecards have been fine since.

Not the more reassuring statement I know.

If you have a spare chassis you could try GOLDing the relevant cards one 
by one, using the disruptive tests (standard disclaimer: some of the 
disruptive tests fail if there's *ANY* config on the box at all; some 
fail under certain IOS versions; and so forth). If the cards all pass, 
it's probably fine :o/