[c-nsp] 6500/Sup720 SXI3 VTY issues

Jason Lixfeld jason at lixfeld.ca
Thu Mar 11 15:13:23 EST 2010


I recently upgraded a 6500/SUP720 from Hybrid to Native 12.2(33)SXI3 and I'm noticing an issue that has both myself and TAC pretty perplexed.  While TAC researches for bugs, I thought I'd ask whether this at all looks familiar to anyone else.

Essentially, I'm only able to establish one single telnet session to the box.  As far as connected VTYs are concerned, the box thinks that all are in use.  As far as connected callers are concerned, the box thinks that there are 16.  As far as who's actually logged in, the box thinks I am the only one logged in.  As far as actual TCP connections are concerned, there is only one; mine.

/confused

router#show line
   Tty Typ     Tx/Rx    A Modem  Roty AccO AccI   Uses   Noise  Overruns   Int
     0 CTY              -    -      -    -    -      0       1     0/0       -
*    1 VTY              -    -      -    -    1   9827       0     0/0       -
*    2 VTY              -    -      -    -    1    824       0     0/0       -
*    3 VTY              -    -      -    -    1     76       0     0/0       -
*    4 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      5       0     0/0       -
*    5 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      1       0     0/0       -
*    6 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
*    7 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
*    8 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
*    9 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
*   10 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
*   11 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
*   12 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
*   13 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
*   14 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
*   15 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
*   16 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -

router#show caller 
                                                Active    Idle
  Line           User               Service       Time      Time
  vty 1          -                  VTY           00:00:36  00:00:00  
  vty 2          -                  TTY           -         1d21h     
  vty 3          -                  TTY           -         2d01h     
  vty 4          -                  TTY           -         2d01h     
  vty 5          -                  TTY           -         -         
  vty 6          -                  TTY           -         -         
  vty 7          -                  TTY           -         -         
  vty 8          -                  TTY           -         -         
  vty 9          -                  TTY           -         -         
  vty 10         -                  TTY           -         -         
  vty 11         -                  TTY           -         -         
  vty 12         -                  TTY           -         -         
  vty 13         -                  TTY           -         -         
  vty 14         -                  TTY           -         -         
  vty 15         -                  TTY           -         -         
  vty 16         -                  TTY           -         -         
router#who
    Line       User       Host(s)              Idle       Location
*  1 vty 0     ario       idle                 00:00:00 10.2.11.245
   2 vty 1                idle                    1d21h   
   3 vty 2                idle                    2d01h   
   4 vty 3                idle                    2d01h   
   5 vty 4                idle                    never   
   6 vty 5                idle                    never   
   7 vty 6                idle                    never   
   8 vty 7                idle                    never   
   9 vty 8                idle                    never   
  10 vty 9                idle                    never   
  11 vty 10               idle                    never   
  12 vty 11               idle                    never   
  13 vty 12               idle                    never   
  14 vty 13               idle                    never   
  15 vty 14               idle                    never   
  16 vty 15               idle                    never   

  Interface      User        Mode                     Idle     Peer Address

router#show tcp brief | i .23_
659F1688  10.1.11.1.23                10.2.11.245.11009            ESTAB
router#show run | b line vty
line vty 0 4
 transport input telnet
line vty 5 15
 transport input telnet
!

Here's my line (vty 0) vs one that isn't connected (vty 1):

router#show line vty 0
   Tty Typ     Tx/Rx    A Modem  Roty AccO AccI   Uses   Noise  Overruns   Int
*    1 VTY              -    -      -    -    -   9828       0     0/0       -

Line 1, Location: "", Type: "XTERM-COLOR"
Length: 38 lines, Width: 122 columns
Baud rate (TX/RX) is 9600/9600
Status: PSI Enabled, Ready, Active, No Exit Banner, Ctrl-c Enabled
  Automore On
Capabilities: none
Modem state: Ready
Group codes:    0
Special Chars: Escape  Hold  Stop  Start  Disconnect  Activation
                ^^x    none   -     -       none         
Timeouts:      Idle EXEC    Idle Session   Modem Answer  Session   Dispatch
               00:10:00        never                        none     not set
                            Idle Session Disconnect Warning
                              never 
                            Login-sequence User Response
                             00:00:30
                            Autoselect Initial Wait
                              not set 
Modem type is unknown.
Session limit is not set.
Time since activation: 00:06:16
Editing is enabled.
History is enabled, history size is 10.
DNS resolution in show commands is enabled
Full user help is disabled
Allowed input transports are telnet.
Allowed output transports are lat pad telnet rlogin.
Preferred transport is lat.
No output characters are padded
No special data dispatching characters
router#show line vty 1
   Tty Typ     Tx/Rx    A Modem  Roty AccO AccI   Uses   Noise  Overruns   Int
*    2 VTY              -    -      -    -    -    824       0     0/0       -

Line 2, Location: "", Type: ""
Length: 24 lines, Width: 80 columns
Baud rate (TX/RX) is 9600/9600
Status: Ready, Active, No Exit Banner
Capabilities: none
Modem state: Ready, Carrier Dropped
Group codes:    0
Special Chars: Escape  Hold  Stop  Start  Disconnect  Activation
                ^^x    none   -     -       none         
Timeouts:      Idle EXEC    Idle Session   Modem Answer  Session   Dispatch
               00:10:00        never                        none     not set
                            Idle Session Disconnect Warning
                              never 
                            Login-sequence User Response
                             00:00:30
                            Autoselect Initial Wait
                              not set 
Modem type is unknown.
Session limit is not set.
Time since activation: never
Editing is enabled.
History is enabled, history size is 10.
DNS resolution in show commands is enabled
Full user help is disabled
Allowed input transports are telnet.
Allowed output transports are lat pad telnet rlogin.
Preferred transport is lat.
No output characters are padded
No special data dispatching characters
router#

Clearing the line doesn't seem to do anything:

router#clear line vty 1
[confirm]
 [OK]
router#show line vty 1 
   Tty Typ     Tx/Rx    A Modem  Roty AccO AccI   Uses   Noise  Overruns   Int
*    2 VTY              -    -      -    -    -    824       0     0/0       -

Line 2, Location: "", Type: ""
Length: 24 lines, Width: 80 columns
Baud rate (TX/RX) is 9600/9600
Status: Ready, Active, No Exit Banner
Capabilities: none
Modem state: Ready, Carrier Dropped
Group codes:    0
Special Chars: Escape  Hold  Stop  Start  Disconnect  Activation
                ^^x    none   -     -       none         
Timeouts:      Idle EXEC    Idle Session   Modem Answer  Session   Dispatch
               00:10:00        never                        none     not set
                            Idle Session Disconnect Warning
                              never 
                            Login-sequence User Response
                             00:00:30
                            Autoselect Initial Wait
                              not set 
Modem type is unknown.
Session limit is not set.
Time since activation: never
Editing is enabled.
History is enabled, history size is 10.
DNS resolution in show commands is enabled
Full user help is disabled
Allowed input transports are telnet.
Allowed output transports are lat pad telnet rlogin.
Preferred transport is lat.
No output characters are padded
No special data dispatching characters
router#

In contrast, a box that doesn't have this problem looks much more sane, VTY wise:

router2>show line
   Tty Typ     Tx/Rx    A Modem  Roty AccO AccI   Uses   Noise  Overruns   Int
     0 CTY              -    -      -    -    -      0       0     0/0       -
*    1 VTY              -    -      -    -    1    584       0     0/0       -
     2 VTY              -    -      -    -    1    293       0     0/0       -
     3 VTY              -    -      -    -    1     16       0     0/0       -
     4 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      3       0     0/0       -
     5 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      1       0     0/0       -
     6 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
     7 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
     8 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
     9 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
    10 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
    11 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
    12 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
    13 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
    14 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
    15 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -
    16 VTY              -    -      -    -    1      0       0     0/0       -

router2>show caller
                                                Active    Idle
  Line           User               Service       Time      Time
  vty 1          ario               VTY           00:00:06  00:00:00  
router>who
    Line       User       Host(s)              Idle       Location
*  1 vty 0     ario       idle                 00:00:00 10.2.11.245

  Interface      User        Mode                     Idle     Peer Address

router2>       


Does this ring a bell for anyone?





More information about the cisco-nsp mailing list