[j-nsp] Strange Packet Loss Problem

Josef Buchsteiner josefb at juniper.net
Sat Oct 21 09:26:31 EDT 2006


Christian,

          if it is a data corruption on certain bit patterns then
          you  should  see this problem also without rapid pings.
          In  order  to  find  out  where  this  happen  I  would
          certainly  perform  a  regular ping ( you may need more
          packets ) and watch the icmp statistics to confirm that
          it  is  data  corruption  in  case  you get icmp chksum
          errors. "show system statistics icmp"

          To find out if this is local or remote ( you could make
          some   statements  with  the  icmp  statistics  already
          however I prefer solid results)and you need to put this
          sonet link into local loop and encapsulation cisco-hdlc
          with no-keepalive. Then you perform the ping again with
          bypass  routing  and  interface  knob  to make sure the
          traffic  goes  out  and comes back in and you watch the
          packet  result  and  icmp  statistics. This way you will
          find  out  if this is local M40 or remote M40.

          Once  you  know  this  it  becomes kinda bit tricky. It
          could  be  the  FPC in question that is the trigger but
          also  other  FPCs  are  contributing in the shared data
          buffer  which  means  you would need to turn off one by
          one  and  see  if the error stops. If you are left with
          the  OC-48  then  I  would  suggest  to  replace  this
          particular FPC. To sanity check also other links of the
          router if possible.

          Check  also  the  message  log  if  you ever have seen
          anytime ECC error reported. Just one of them is already
          enough  to give you some hints as you would not need to
          do above isolation work

          hope this helps
          Josef

          PS:   yes  I  do  have  seen  such symptoms in the past
          and not only on one vendor.


          
Friday, October 20, 2006, 8:36:09 PM, you wrote:

CK>    
CK>    
CK> Hi All,
CK>  
CK>  I am experiencing a strange issue between 2 m40 core routers connect
CK>  through an oc48 link
CK>  
CK>  I experience packet loss only when sending packets between 293 and 599
CK>  bytes.
CK>  
CK>  I am also speaking to cold telecom about the issue to see if it's a
CK>  problem with the sonet link, but as of now the link is not taking any
CK>  errors or alarms.
CK>  
CK>  Anyone seen anything strange like this before?
CK>  
CK>  ckoch at core2.lhr3> ping rapid 212.71.229.25 count 10000 size 300   
CK>  PING 212.71.229.25 (212.71.229.25): 300 data bytes
CK> 
CK> !.!!.!!.!!!!.!.!....!!.!!!!!..!..!!.!!!..!!.!!....!!.!...!!!...!.!.!..!.
CK>  .!!...!....!..!.!.!!.!!.!!....!.!!!!!!..!..!.!!.!..!!.!!^C
CK>  --- 212.71.229.25 ping statistics ---
CK>  129 packets transmitted, 66 packets received, 48% packet loss
CK>  round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.023/1.640/34.095/4.035 ms
CK>  
CK>  ckoch at core2.lhr3> ping rapid 212.71.229.25 count 10000 size 400   
CK>  PING 212.71.229.25 (212.71.229.25): 400 data bytes
CK>  !!!!!!!!.!!!!!...!!^C
CK>  --- 212.71.229.25 ping statistics ---
CK>  20 packets transmitted, 15 packets received, 25% packet loss
CK>  round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.074/1.111/1.348/0.071 ms
CK>  
CK>  ckoch at core2.lhr3> ping rapid 212.71.229.25 count 10000 size 500   
CK>  PING 212.71.229.25 (212.71.229.25): 500 data bytes
CK>  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.!^C
CK>  --- 212.71.229.25 ping statistics ---
CK>  49 packets transmitted, 46 packets received, 6% packet loss
CK>  round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.141/1.202/2.514/0.210 ms
CK>  
CK>  ckoch at core2.lhr3> ping rapid 212.71.229.25 count 10000 size 600   
CK>  PING 212.71.229.25 (212.71.229.25): 600 data bytes
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK>  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!^C
CK>  --- 212.71.229.25 ping statistics ---
CK>  955 packets transmitted, 954 packets received, 0% packet loss
CK>  round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.183/1.526/36.436/1.817 ms
CK>  
CK>  koch at core2.lhr3> ping rapid 212.71.229.25 count 10000 size 292   
CK>  PING 212.71.229.25 (212.71.229.25): 292 data bytes
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK> 
CK> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CK>  !!!!!!!!^C!
CK>  --- 212.71.229.25 ping statistics ---
CK>  916 packets transmitted, 916 packets received, 0% packet loss
CK>  round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.988/1.146/9.918/1.061 ms
CK>  
CK>  ckoch at core2.lhr3> ping rapid 212.71.229.25 count 10000 size 293   
CK>  PING 212.71.229.25 (212.71.229.25): 293 data bytes
CK>  ..!!!.!^C
CK>  
CK>  Christian
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