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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=299202822-14032007><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=078432904-04062007>We experienced an
issue when long config files were pasted directly or indirectly (via console
server) onto a MLX.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=078432904-04062007></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=299202822-14032007><FONT><FONT><SPAN
class=078432904-04062007></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=078432904-04062007>We did the
following:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=078432904-04062007></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN
class=299202822-14032007><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><SPAN
class=078432904-04062007></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>The <SPAN class=078432904-04062007>same </SPAN>config was cut and
pasted to the Foundry NetIron MLX via a <SPAN
class=078432904-04062007>c</SPAN>onsole <SPAN
class=078432904-04062007>s</SPAN>erver and then later directly to the <SPAN
class=078432904-04062007>c</SPAN>onsole port.<SPAN class=078432904-04062007> The
config in question was a long MPLS IP/BGP
config.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=299202822-14032007><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=078432904-04062007></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=299202822-14032007><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=299202822-14032007><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=078432904-04062007>T</SPAN>he <SPAN
class=078432904-04062007>switch </SPAN>can't keep up with the commands and
somehow the text gets garbled.<SPAN class=078432904-04062007> What was worse was
that some of the garbled text got interpretted as commands by the
switch.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=299202822-14032007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=299202822-14032007><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=078432904-04062007>We </SPAN>tried a
variety of flow control settings: none, hardware and software. Hardware doesn't
seem to work at all. None and software work but both produce the same broken
results.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=299202822-14032007><SPAN
class=078432904-04062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>There seems to be
no solution to this. It is believed that this issue is due to a limited buffer
on the console port. </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=299202822-14032007><SPAN
class=078432904-04062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Don't risk it,
TFTP it!</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>James Piper<SPAN
class=078432904-04062007>.</SPAN> </FONT></DIV></DIV>
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