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Conference irocz::common_brouters

Title:Digital Brouters Conference
Notice:New common-code brouter family: RouteAbout, DECswitch 900
Moderator:MARVIN::HARTLL
Created:Mon Jul 17 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:929
Total number of notes:3736

885.0. "Problem with VNswitch900EA" by CSC32::bngpc.cxo.dec.com::goodwin (Brad Goodwn - NSIS) Thu May 01 1997 20:24

I have a VNswitch900EA, when I put it in a hub, I doesn't seem to work
even though the 2 top green leds are on and it appears to run through self
test. I took it out of the hub and put it in a ONEhub and connected a console.

I get the following message when I power it up:

Bughlt: Forwarding Processor exception at PC 0x900096B8
System Restart ...

It is running T1.0-115 firmware. It will do the System Restart several times
and then stop and appear that it is up. But I can not set an ip address via 
the installation menu. If I try to set the IP address via the console using
"protocol hst", it appears to take it. I try to do a boot load remote, and I 
get:

Network FLASH update proceeding...

(then I get the same bughlt as above, serveral times and stops)

The stanalone configuration process. You are here because
Extreame Number of crashes detected in a rou within a small period of time!


Would you say I have a bad VNswitchEA?

Thanks,
Brad
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885.1Methinks your test image is a corrupted one.....NETCAD::BATTERSBYFri May 02 1997 13:1216
    Brad, there were some verrry isolated cases where when the
    VNswitch developers made a test image (which is what the 
    T1.0-115 image is), available to us that within a period
    of time greater than 5 minutes & less than 1/4 hour a bogus
    copy of the image was present at the pointer provided us. 
    Later, a corrected image was made available which didn't
    exhibit the crashing problems seen on the bogus version of
    the image.
    What you may be seeing is something of the same ilk. I would
    strongly suggest that you upgrade to a more stable image for 
    your VNswitch900EA. So if the VNswitch900EA isn't totally
    brain dead, upgrade it to a V rev image. Otherwise, if it is
    brain dead you will have to force a bootp to get it to load
    a valid image.
    
    Bob
885.2CSC32::bngpc.cxo.dec.com::goodwinBrad Goodwn - NSISFri May 02 1997 14:139
Thanks Bob,

I havn't had any success in tftp'ing a new image to the VNswitchEA. Are there 
procedures for forcing a bootp image to it? I didn't find anything in the Install
guide.

Thanks,
Brad
885.3Check technical guideNETCAD::PERAROFri May 02 1997 18:006
    Check the VNswitch 900 Series Switch mangement book, I believe that is
    where you will find details on upgrading the module. The installation
    book basically covers just getting the module up and installed and does
    not go into alot of the CLI information.
885.4BERN02::DEYWalter Dey, Berne SwitzerlandMon May 05 1997 13:176
    Hi Brad
    
    Did you see 852 ! I had the same behaviour like .0 and factory reset
    fixed the problem.
    
    Walter.
885.5The two problems aren't entirely the same...NETCAD::BATTERSBYMon May 05 1997 13:4710
    Walter, Brad's problem is not the same as the VNbus problem
    mentioned in 852. Brad's problem is one of not being able to 
    do a successful down load to his module. A factory reset won't
    fix his problem with not being able to do a sucessful image
    down-load. A factory reset might have helped his initial problem 
    but his inability to load an image sucessfully is a larger problem.
    Since, his last communication in here, he has proceeded with getting
    his modules exchanged through his normal channels.
    
    Bob