[f-nsp] Errors from MLX card

[Jethro R Binks]

On Thu, 10 Feb 2011, Tomasz Szewczyk wrote:

> I remember similar case. We had to replace the module (LP). However try 
> to reload the module first. In our case the answer from TAC was that 
> they suspect hardware failure. But I also remember the case, when such 
> errors disappear for a "while" after module power-off/on.

For what it's worth, reloading the box made the problem go away, and it 
hasn't returned.

Thanks for the comments,

Jethro.

> 
> Tomek
> 
> W dniu 2011-02-08 22:20, Jethro R Binks pisze:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My usual friendly Brocade engineer is unavailable just now, so can I run 
> > this one past you for a view.
> >
> > Brand new MLX chassis and line cards, just started putting this network 
> > together.  We are seeing OSPF instability between one box and its two peers
> > -- the three form a triangle, and two peers are both connected from the
> > same card just now.  In the logs of the box, we get this message 
> > regularly appearing:
> >
> > Feb  8 21:14:37:A:System: Health Monitoring: TM Egress data errors detected on LP 1/TM 0
> >
> > Taking a leap of faith, I rconsole to LP slot 1, and using "sh tm stats 
> > all-counters 0":
> >
> > Ingress Counters:
> > ...
> > Egress Counters:
> >    EGQ EnQue Pkt Count:                      82632384114
> >    EGQ EnQue Byte Count:                     15803851648864
> >    EGQ Discard Pkt Count:                    0
> >    EGQ Discard Byte Count:                   0
> >    EGQ Segment Error Count:                  45156
> >    EGQ Fragment Error Count:                 1857249
> >    Port63 Error Pkt Count:                   0
> >    Pkt Header Error Pkt Count:               0
> >    Pkt Lost Due to Buffer Full Pkt Count:    0
> >    Reassem Err Discard Pkt Count:            301089
> >    Reassem Err Discard Fragment(32B) Count:  750175
> >    TDM_A Lost Pkt Count:                     0
> >    TDM_B Lost Pkt Count:                     0
> >
> > Programmable Egress Counters:
> > [Port Id for Enque: 0 (Disable), Port Id for Discard: 0 (Disable)]
> >    EGQ EnQue Pkt Count:                      20659499964
> >    EGQ EnQue Byte Count:                     3951348364608
> >    EGQ Discard Pkt Count:                    0                    
> >    EGQ Discard Byte Count:                   0
> >
> > and I guess those errors on the Egress Counters are not good.
> >
> > What might this indicate?  Hardware fault on the slot or module?  Hardware
> > info appended for the interested, thanks for any comments.
> >
> >
> > .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
> > Jethro R Binks, Network Manager,
> > Information Services Directorate, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
> >
> > The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in
> > Scotland, number SC015263.
> >
> >
> >
> > SL 1: NI-MLX-10Gx4 4-port 10GbE Module (Serial #: N12623F1NS, Part #: 35600-203H)
> > Boot     : Version 5.0.0T175 Copyright (c) 1996-2009 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
> > Compiled on Apr 19 2010 at 17:27:52 labeled as xmlb05000          
> >  (486524 bytes) from boot flash                                   
> > Monitor  : Version 5.0.0T175 Copyright (c) 1996-2009 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
> > Compiled on Apr 19 2010 at 17:27:32 labeled as xmlprm05000        
> >  (486034 bytes) from code flash                                   
> > IronWare : Version 5.0.0cT177 Copyright (c) 1996-2009 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
> > Compiled on Aug 17 2010 at 13:31:04 labeled as xmlp05000c         
> >  (4838219 bytes) from Primary                                     
> > FPGA versions:                                                    
> > Valid PBIF Version = 3.21, Build Time = 11/11/2009 13:57:00       
> >                                                                   
> > Valid XPP Version = 6.03, Build Time = 1/28/2010 8:17:00          
> >                                                                   
> > Valid XGMAC Version = 0.12, Build Time = 11/10/2008 15:50:00      
> >                                                                   
> > X10G2MAC 0                                                        
> > X10G2MAC 1                                                        
> > 666 MHz MPC 8541 (version 8020/0020) 333 MHz bus                  
> > 512 KB Boot Flash (MX29LV040C), 16 MB Code Flash (MT28F640J3)     
> > 512 MB DRAM, 8 KB SRAM, 0 Bytes BRAM                              
> > PPCR0: 768K entries CAM, 8192K PRAM, 2048K AGE RAM                
> > PPCR1: 768K entries CAM, 8192K PRAM, 2048K AGE RAM                
> > LP Slot 1 uptime is 43 days 20 hours 34 minutes 32 seconds
> >
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Jethro R Binks, Network Manager,
Information Services Directorate, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, number SC015263.