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Intermittent connection Catalyst 4006

I have a device connected to a Catalyst 4006. When i set the port to vlan 60 the connection is fine and never is intermittent. Although, when i change the port to vlan 100, the device loses connection after 6-7 minutes. It loses the connection then establishes connection every 6-7 minutes. Any suggestions why?

Connection is stable on vlan 60, intermittent on vlan 100

Configuration:

interface Vlan60
description 3rd Floor net
ip address 172.27.30.2 255.255.255.0 secondary
ip address 198.215.70.2 255.255.255.0
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
ip nat inside
ip pim sparse-mode
appletalk cable-range 11030-11035 11034.17
appletalk zone PMH - 3rd Floor
ipx input-sap-filter 1024
ipx network A99030
standby 60 ip 198.215.70.1
standby 60 ip 172.27.30.1 secondary
standby 60 timers 1 3
standby 60 priority 10
standby 60 preempt delay minimum 125

interface Vlan100
description 7th Floor net
ip address 172.27.70.2 255.255.255.0 secondary
ip address 198.215.74.2 255.255.255.0
ip access-group 100 in
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
ip nat inside
ip pim sparse-mode
appletalk cable-range 11070-11075 11073.74
appletalk zone PMH - 7th Floor
ipx input-sap-filter 1012
ipx network A99070
ipx output-sap-filter 1027
no ipx pad-process-switched-packets
standby 100 ip 198.215.74.1
standby 100 ip 172.27.70.1 secondary
standby 100 timers 1 3
standby 100 priority 10
standby 100 preempt delay minimum 125

tmesias

what does your log say? Any indication of spanning tree issues?

Les Moore

Vlan 100 has an access-list applied, but VLAN 60 does not

interface Vlan100
ip access-group 100 in <===
no ip redirects

>the device loses connection after 6-7 minutes
What, exactly is it connecting to, and using what port/protocol?

djsuperz

ASKER

Its connected to a device called Gold Box Multi protocol print server. Its pretty ancient, it only runs on 10/h. It connects to an embosser printer we use to print out ID cards.

Will an access-list cause intermittent connectivity?

I do not see any spantree issues, although i see these errors:

--More--2005 Jul 08 05:41:06 %SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Astro 2-3(2/13-20) - management r
equest timed out.
2005 Jul 08 05:41:38 %SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Astro 2-3(2/13-20) - management request t
imed out.
2005 Jul 08 05:44:15 %SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Astro 2-3(2/13-20) - management request t
imed out.
2005 Jul 08 05:44:15 %SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Blocked queue on gigaport 15, ( 0 : 4981
)
2005 Jul 08 05:44:15 %SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Blocked queue (rx) on ports 2/19 2/20 2/1
7 2/18 2/16 2/15 2/13 2/14
2005 Jul 08 05:46:18 %SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Astro 2-3(2/13-20) - management request t
imed out.
2005 Jul 08 05:46:18 %SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Blocked queue on gigaport 15, ( 0 : 4982
)
2005 Jul 08 05:46:18 %SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Blocked queue (rx) on ports 2/19 2/20 2/1
7 2/18 2/16 2/15 2/13 2/14
2005 Jul 08 05:48:20 %SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Astro 2-3(2/13-20) - management request t
imed out.

Any suggestions?

tmesias

interesting, whats on ports 2/13-20? Anything? Whats on 2/19 2/20 2/1
7 2/18 2/16 2/15 2/13 2/14?

What port is the printer connected to?

Do you have a RED supervisor LED? any Port LED's flashing?

post the output of show nvramenv 1 or show env 1 here

When you show that a few times... does the invaildpktbuffercrc count increment rapidly?

Can we shutdown gigaport 15 to test?

how many free slots do you have on the 4006?

djsuperz

ASKER

The printer is not connected to that blade, its on 6/22. Nothing is connected to ports 2/13-20 and i have no more free slots.

> (enable) show nvramenv 1

PS1="rommon ! >"
?="0"
DiagBootMode="post"
vitConsecTimeouts="5"
BlockedTxQCount="3096"
vitTimeouts="414"
MemorySize="64"
ResetCause="70"
AutobootStatus="success"
BlockedGigaportCount="4992"

How would i shut down gigaport 15?

tmesias

ok what about slot 3... what does it look like... What CatOS are you using? I forget does the 4006 start numbering on slot 0, or slot 1?

djsuperz

ASKER

It starts with 1 and i'm using 8.4.6
Slot three is fine, all devices on that blade are working.

tmesias

ok post the config for the port 6/22

As far as your log entries... check out this document:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/astro_45640.html

These log entries may not be related to your problem on 6/22 however they are a cause for concern if they indicate a faulty supervisor or line card.

I would be very interested in any log entries for 6/22.

Also, you say it's a multi protocol print server.. is this being reconfigured for the new net when you move it? It may need to have a new IPX/appletalk/IP config applied to it. can you print to it when you first move it and then it goes away, or does it go away without being able to print to it?

djsuperz

ASKER

all that i changed was the IP and vlan. how would i get log entries for 6/22?

tmesias

if you are not syslogging, well then histroical data is gone. recreate this problem, but this time be conneccted to the switch and do a term mon to log the messages to a log file. then search for 6/22.

What I hear you saying is that you changed the vlan on the switch and the IP on the print server.. you didn't modify the appletalk or IPX settings.

When you say it loses connection, is it because the port goes into disable, or does the device stop responding?

djsuperz

ASKER

the device stops responding. I'll do a steady ping -t then after about 7 minutes the printer cant be reached.

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tmesias

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