[c-nsp] 5s or 10s periodic IOS tasks

[Rubens Kuhl]

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Pete Lumbis <alumbis at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not sure on the timers but generally testing CEF/PXF switched issues
> (through the box) with process switched traffic (to the box) isn't
> always a valid check. I'd suggest pinging something directly connected
> to the 7300 so the traffic is CEF switched through the 7300 when
> testing.

The multicast traffic was going thru the box with similar loss patterns.

> If you are seeing packet loss to the box my guess would be interface
> issues or CPU issues. Do you see any drops on the interface or
> controllers?

After noticing a high amount of flushes, disabling spd (selective
packet discard) seemed to solve the packet drops, but a few more
business days will confirm if it was simply that. Frequency of Hello
OSPF packets (10s) was the master clock of the packet drops.

Rubens