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Re: (ASCEND) P50's supported any longer.
In reply to 12 Jun message from "Kevin A. Smith" <kevin@ascend.com>:
>At 03:52 PM 6/12/98 -0600, David M. Way wrote:
>>Kevin A. Smith wrote:
>>
>>> At 09:33 AM 6/12/98 -0600, David M. Way wrote:
>>> >agreed, 100%, but i did get the firewall to load, tho the router dies
>>> >every few days after it runs completely out of memory. Ill say this, a
>>> >senior enginner did contact me, and i sent the pipeline configuration
>>> >and firewall profile into them for testing. Unfortunately i never heard
>>> >from them again.
>>>
>>> Do you recall who it was, so I can investigate?
>>
>><snip>
>>>My name is Mark Honer, I am a manager in the Pipeline support group
>>>with Ascend. I received email from Kevin Smith that you are having
>>memory>leaks with 6.0.2 on your Pipeline 50.
>>
>> I then sent him everything, he said he got it, and would let me know when a
>>TR would be opened. Havent heard since....
> This is Ticket #211647, currently in the Pipeline Escalation Lab queue.
> We are having a hard time recreating the problem as we are not able to
> generate sufficient traffic to cause the failure in our lab.
> Mark
>>> >As to the model being older, we only got it 2 years ago. Im hoping
>>> >future Ascend product have a *bit* longer supported life to them.....
>>>
>>> There is a difference between being supported and adding new features.
>>> We do support the older models still, with maintenance releases. They
>>> are just not capable of supporting the new features being added in the
>>> 6.1 branch.
>>
>>Maybe I mispoke as well. Our pipe-50 does everything that we ask it too,
>>except for under 6.0.2, and that is to stay up for long periods of time. I
>>assume that when current releases come out, that I should upgrade to them.
>>If this is not the case, let me know. Since 6.x.x was a production release,
>>and not a patch, I quickly moved to use it. I just want the box to stay up,
>>thats all. Not crash when I telnet to it after a few days, as was previously
>>discussed on this list.
>You mentioned this may be filter related?
>Has this issue been brought up too?
also mine is reproduceable every time.. I have two firewalls in the box and If I
load the new code I cannot save any changes... and it doesn't work propertly
running back at 5.1ap9 for now... here is the original message I sent and it has
NEVER been resolved...
here is a log of my problems..
the file p75600.bin is a rename version of the b.p75 file..
i.e.
E:\NET\p50>checksum p75600.bin
32556 887
03/03/98 12:21a <DIR> r60
03/03/98 12:30a 453,717 p75600.bin
03/03/98 12:36a 113,665 p75last.txt
03/03/98 01:30a 39,851 tftpds.log
> tloadcode 209.150.7.10 p75600.bin
saving config to flash
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loading code from 209.150.7.10:69
file p75600.bin...
thin load:
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> nvram
here is the evidence that is lost part of its config after upgrading.. ie the ip addresses..
I had to connect a serial cable..
lqqqqqqqqqq LGK EDIT qqqqqqqqqqk lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
xConfigure... x x10-100 1 x x00-200 00:00:03 x
x>Switch Type=NI-1 ^x x Link D x x>M31 Line Ch x
x Chan Usage=Switch/Switch x x B1 - x x Ethernet Up x
x My Num A=6034325017 x x B2 - xBx xB
x My Num B=6034325048 x lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
x SPID 1=60343250170101 x x20-100 Sessions x x20-500 DYN Stat x
x SPID 2=60343250480101 x x> 0 Active x x Qual N/A 00:00:00 x
x Data Usage=A+B x x x x 0K 0 channels x
x Phone 1 Usage=A x x 0Bx CLU 0% ALU 0% xB
x Phone 2 Usage=B x lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
x Phone Num Binding=No x x20-300 WAN Stat x x20-400 Ether Stat x
x BRI Analog Encode=SwitchType x x>Rx Pkt: 0^x x>Rx Pkt: 26 x
x Ans Voice Call=Yes x x Tx Pkt: 0 x x Tx Pkt: 8 x
x My Name=lgk x x CRC: 0vxBx Col: 0 0B
x My Addr=0.0.0.0/0 x lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
x Rem Name=cyberzone x x00-100 Sys Option x x00-400 HW Config x
x Rem Addr=209.150.8.3/24 x x>Security Prof: 1 ^x x>BRI Interface x
x Dial #=5792200 x x Software +6.0.0+ x x Adrs: 00c07b5dfb9f x
x Route=IP v0Bx S/N: 6151263 v0Bx Enet I/F: AUI xB
and here is the error when I try to put the ip address in and save it after ugrading
lqqqqqqqqqq LGK EDIT qqqqqqqqqqk
xMessage #214 x
xCannot save profile x
x No space in NVRAM x
x x
so now I do an fclear and here is the error on trying to restore the old pofile
which is the reason I go back to 5.1ap4 .. since I WILL NOT type in everything over
by hand...
now do you people believe me
> fclear
> nvram
lqqqqqqqqqqqq EDIT qqqqqqqqqqqqk lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
xConfigure... ??x x10-100 1 ??x x00-200 00:00:03 ??x
x>Switch Type=AUTO SPID ^x x Link X x x>M31 Line Ch x
x Chan Usage=Switch/Switch x x B1 . x x Ethernet Up x
x My Num A= x x B2 . xBx xB
x My Num B= x lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
x SPID 1=N/A x x20-100 Sessions ??x x20-500 DYN Stat ??x
x SPID 2=N/A x x> 0 Active x x Qual N/A 00:00:00 x
x Data Usage=N/A x x x x 0K 0 channels x
x Phone 1 Usage=N/A x x xBx CLU 0% ALU 0% xB
x Phone 2 Usage=N/A x lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
x Phone Num Binding=N/A x x20-300 WAN Stat ??x x20-400 Ether Stat ??x
x BRI Analog Encode=SwitchType x x>Rx Pkt: 0^x x>Rx Pkt: 8 x
x Ans Voice Call=Yes x x Tx Pkt: 0 x x Tx Pkt: 8 x
x My Name= x x CRC: 0vxBx Col: 0 xB
x My Addr=0.0.0.0/0 x lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
x Rem Name= x x00-100 Sys Option ??x x00-400 HW Config ??x
x Rem Addr=0.0.0.0/0 x x>Security Prof: 1 ^x x>BRI Interface x
x Dial #= x x Software +6.0.0+ x x Adrs: 00c07b5dfb9f x
x Route=None vxBx S/N: 6151263 vxBx Enet I/F: AUI xB
0
xMessage #117 ??x
x Profile stored x
x x
now the tftp restore
> trestore 209.150.7.10 p75last.txt
restoring configuration from 209.150.7.10:69
file p75last.txt...
Parameter LinkUp could not be loaded...restore failed
Cause: disk full or allocation exceeded
>
here is putting back 5.1ap4 and reloading profile with NO problems
> tloadcode 209.150.7.10 p7551ap4.bin
saving config to flash
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