Gig etherchannel between 3508XL and 4507R
Anyone out there doing this? I can get the channel to come up, but the 3508 can only seem to pass traffic on whichever link of the two in the channel comes up first. The 2nd link shows no STP running as I expect it should (based on doing this between a 3550-12G and the 4507R). The result is that I lose connectivity to half the devices attached to the 3508XL (the ones whose traffic is trying to traverse the 2nd link, I would guess).
Cisco TAC hasn't been able to help.
Mike
Hi Mike,
That does sound like a STP problem.
Does 'show spanning-tree blocked ports' show that any of the channel ports are blocking (at either end) ?
And 'show etherchannel port-channel' shows 2 ports in the bundle and both up ?
Thats the kind of thing i would expect to see if the channel was not operating correctly, in which case STP would block one port.
Cheers
Shaun
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this is all sound sound info direct from a man at nvidia who knows
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http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=28870#28870
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10Gig (tengigabit) CRC Errors between N5K500 and 3750X
Dear Forum,
We have an issue with a 10 Gig connection between a Nexus 5548 and a 3750X 10Gig. There is also a HSRP group running over this link with aggressive timeouts which recently behaves somewhat unstable. We noticed a bunch of CRC errors on this link on the 3750X side (about 300 per hour) and assume that these are related to the HSRP troubles once or twice a day.
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C3750#sh int te3/1/1
TenGigabitEthernet3/1/1 is up, line protocol is up (connected)
Hardware is Ten Gigabit Ethernet, address is 4055.3992.111d (bia 4055.3992.111d)
Description: TO_100C_PO913
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 2/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
Keepalive not set
Full-duplex, 10Gb/s, link type is auto, media type is SFP-10GBase-SR
Media-type configured as connector
input flow-control is off, output flow-control is unsupported
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last input 00:00:55, output 00:00:41, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters 04:10:35
Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
5 minute input rate 4011000 bits/sec, 1091 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 110431000 bits/sec, 16489 packets/sec
37040147 packets input, 35868731879 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 1071851 broadcasts (935322 multicasts)
0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
1002 input errors, 1002 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
0 watchdog, 935322 multicast, 0 pause input
0 input packets with dribble condition detected
182446795 packets output, 69097435882 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 PAUSE output
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
C3750#sh int te4/1/1
TenGigabitEthernet4/1/1 is up, line protocol is up (connected)
Hardware is Ten Gigabit Ethernet, address is 4055.39bd.001d (bia 4055.39bd.001d)
Description: TO_100D_PO913
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
Keepalive not set
Full-duplex, 10Gb/s, link type is auto, media type is SFP-10GBase-SR
Media-type configured as connector
input flow-control is off, output flow-control is unsupported
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last input 00:00:14, output 00:00:33, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters 04:10:38
Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
5 minute input rate 161000 bits/sec, 215 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 29493000 bits/sec, 9580 packets/sec
3264201 packets input, 318586322 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 1130048 broadcasts (1020339 multicasts)
0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
501 input errors, 501 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
0 watchdog, 1020339 multicast, 0 pause input
0 input packets with dribble condition detected
168673910 packets output, 87266013753 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 PAUSE output
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
N5K connected to 3/1/1:
Ethernet1/1 is up
Hardware: 1000/10000 Ethernet, address: 0005.9b1f.8648 (bia 0005.9b1f.8648)
Description: CHANNEL_TO_RO015A
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec
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full-duplex, 10 Gb/s, media type is 10G
Beacon is turned off
Input flow-control is off, output flow-control is off
Rate mode is dedicated
Switchport monitor is off
EtherType is 0x8100
Last link flapped 2d04h
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
30 seconds input rate 96695496 bits/sec, 16464 packets/sec
30 seconds output rate 4715024 bits/sec, 1868 packets/sec
Load-Interval #2: 5 minute (300 seconds)
input rate 148.33 Mbps, 20.23 Kpps; output rate 2.90 Mbps, 1.13 Kpps
RX
26173471641 unicast packets 6446061938 multicast packets 24295222 broadcas
t packets
32643828801 input packets 16853116460189 bytes
7772805495 jumbo packets 0 storm suppression packets
0 runts 0 giants 0 CRC 0 no buffer
0 input error 0 short frame 0 overrun 0 underrun 0 ignored
0 watchdog 0 bad etype drop 0 bad proto drop 0 if down drop
0 input with dribble 0 input discard
0 Rx pause
TX
48369101239 unicast packets 462061134 multicast packets 81589744 broadcast
packets
48912752123 output packets 56533126796163 bytes
35421478216 jumbo packets
6 output errors 0 collision 0 deferred 0 late collision
0 lost carrier 0 no carrier 0 babble 0 output discard
0 Tx pause
3 interface resets
N5K connected to 4/1/1:
Ethernet1/1 is up
Hardware: 1000/10000 Ethernet, address: 0005.9b1f.8188 (bia 0005.9b1f.8188)
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MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA
Port mode is trunk
full-duplex, 10 Gb/s, media type is 10G
Beacon is turned off
Input flow-control is off, output flow-control is off
Rate mode is dedicated
Switchport monitor is off
EtherType is 0x8100
Last link flapped 2d04h
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
30 seconds input rate 20643816 bits/sec, 10541 packets/sec
30 seconds output rate 142592 bits/sec, 180 packets/sec
Load-Interval #2: 5 minute (300 seconds)
input rate 25.50 Mbps, 9.49 Kpps; output rate 159.20 Kbps, 142 pps
RX
119855915845 unicast packets 6017690609 multicast packets 20318382 broadca
st packets
125893924837 input packets 124351081100162 bytes
70763564145 jumbo packets 0 storm suppression packets
0 runts 0 giants 1 CRC 0 no buffer
1 input error 0 short frame 0 overrun 0 underrun 0 ignored
0 watchdog 0 bad etype drop 0 bad proto drop 0 if down drop
0 input with dribble 0 input discard
0 Rx pause
TX
20958491666 unicast packets 503446052 multicast packets 52796318 broadcast
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21514734036 output packets 29748981423583 bytes
18964491576 jumbo packets
0 output errors 0 collision 0 deferred 0 late collision
0 lost carrier 0 no carrier 0 babble 0 output discard
0 Tx pause
3 interface resets -
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hi folks,
is there any links which will provide me on the comparison between 3750 and 3750-metro? for exapmple, isis is not support on 3750 but it support on 3750-metro. The product information from cisco site is insufficient in term of the main differences :p
rgd
josh.wHi Josh,
The Cisco Catalyst 3750 Metro Series is built for Metro Ethernet access in a customer location, enabling the delivery of more differentiated Metro Ethernet services. These switches feature bidirectional hierarchical QoS and Traffic Shaping, intelligent 802.1Q tunneling with class-of-service (CoS) mutation, VLAN translation, MPLS, EoMPLS, and Hierarchical Virtual Private LAN Service (H-VPLS) support, and redundant AC or DC power. They are ideal for service providers seeking to deliver profitable business services, such as Layer 2, Layer 3, and MPLS VPNs, in a variety of bandwidths and with different SLAs.
The metro switches have the PXF chips (which allow hierarchical QoS on the 2 "WAN" GigE ports, so several logical links can share a connection, and have soft bandwidth limits).
For more details on 3750-M switches have a look at this link
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps5532/products_qanda_item09186a00801eb822.shtml
HTH
Ankur
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I have a custom end-of-line test system presently using a 4-axis 7344 servo controller to perform various functional tests on small, brushed DC motors. The system is programmed in C/C++ and uses flex motion functions to control the motor during testing. Motors are coupled to external encoder feedback and third party PWM drives running in closed-loop torque mode from an analog command signal. The system uses all four motion axis channels on the 7344 board to independently and asynchronously test up to four production motors at a time.
In closed-loop mode, the system runs without issue, satisfying the battery of testing protocols executed by this system. I now have a request to add additional test functionality to the system. This testing must be run in open loop mode. Specifically, I need to use my +/- 10v analog output command to my torque drive to send different DAC output levels to the connected motor.drive while monitoring response.
I do not believe the flex motion library or 7344 controller includes functions to easily switch between open and closed loop mode without sending a new drive configuration. I am also under the impression that I cannot reconfigure one (or more) servo controller axis channels without disabling the entire drive. As my system runs each axis channel in an asynchronous manner, any requirement to shutdown all drives each time I change modes is an unworkable solution.
I am open to all ideas that will allow asynchronous operation of my 4 motor testing stations. If the only solution is to add a second 7344 controller and mechanical relays to switch the drive and motor wiring between two separately configured servo channels, so be it. I just want to explore any available avenue before I place a price tag on this new system requirement.
BobJochen,
Thank you for the quick response. The 7344 board does an excellent job running my manufacturing motor assemblies through a custom end-of-line tester in closed loop mode. A portion of the performance history and test result couples the motor through a mechanical load and external shaft. The shaft is in contact with a linear encoder that closes my servo loop.
My new manufacturing requirement is to also sample/document how the small DC motor behaves in open loop operation. Your solution is exactly what I need to perform the additional functional tests on the product I am manufacturing. I see no reason why this cannot work. I was originally concerned that I would need to reinitialize the 7344 board after changing axis configuration. Initialization is a global event and impacts all four channels on the 7344 board.
Using flex_config_axis() to change axis configuration on a single channel without disturbing other potentially running axis channels will solve my concern. It will be several weeks before I can return to the manufacturing facility where the 7344-based testing machine is located. I will update this thread once I verify a successful result.
Bob
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Zen xtra 30gb compatible with xbox36
Hi, it is said on the xbox.xom website that zen xtra are supported on xbox360, but when i plug it in my xbox i get nothing, the xbox does not detect my player. Do I need a special firmware like they say or my player is simply not compatible at all? I