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RE: (ASCEND) Pipeline 50 V 6.0.2 resetting frequently



I'm getting the same type of problems...even after the fclear and nv.  

My fat:
> fat
FATAL ERROR:  Index: 2  Load: b.p75 Revision: 6.0.2
        Location: 001a2988 0012d538 001d29f6 001d2ba2 001d3068 001d6694

SYSTEM IS UP:  Index: 100  Load: b.p75 Revision: 6.0.2

 >

6.0 was supposed to be the 'most stable code yet...'
That a laugh!!!!!!!!!
So...I'm supposed to send my p75 in???  this was not an issue before with
the 5.0 code.
Go figure...

Kirk


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Kevin A. Mitchell [mailto:kam@kamit.com]
	Sent:	Friday, May 08, 1998 5:51 PM
	To:	ascend-users@bungi.com
	Subject:	Re: (ASCEND) Pipeline 50 V 6.0.2 resetting
frequently

	On Wed, 6 May 1998, Jason Nealis wrote:

	> 
	>  Looks like the Pipeline is having some sort of memory leak, or it
	> can't free up resources. You should file a trouble-ticket with
	> TAC, Most likely they will refer you to another Patch release to
	> see if it fixes your problem. 

	I thought something like that! I'm running 6.0.2 on a P50, and
according
	to my syslog, it resets hourly, but only if the connection isn't up.
If
	the connection is up, it'll run for days. In every other respect the
box
	works fine. 

	The real killer is that if it's close to dying, a telnet or
connection
	attempt kills it, then by the time it comes back, somebody's email
attempt
	timed out, and then they tell me the net doesn't work. (Of course it
works
	when I look at it after the P50 resets).

	Get this: If I turn off NTP on my Linux box, it stays up *much*
longer. 
	Now my filters say that passing NTP is OK, but it's not OK to call
to do
	NTP. The idea is that I only sync up the time when the connection is
up
	for some other reason. My guess is those unforwarded packets are
filling
	up memory until it finally runs out and dies. Sniffing reveals that
the
	P50 doesn't send ICMP back for packets that don't make the call
filter if
	the port is down.

	Ascend technical support, which I finally finished a week's
telephone tag
	with (I'm only around during tech support hours on certain days),
wants me
	to send my unit in: the tech claimed that Fatal Error 2 means I've
got
	a memory defect.

	I'm not convinced. Anybody know of a diagnostic that tests memory
	definitively? I sure don't want to sink repair costs only to find
out that
	the hardware wasn't the problem.

	I'm going to try 5.1Ap9 as suggested. My box didn't do this before.

	I'll also report back.

	Kevin

	P.S. Here's my very similar fatal-history

	FATAL ERROR:  Index: 2  Load: b.p50 Revision: 6.0.2
	        Location: 0019b908 0012c048 001ccc2e 001ccdda 001cd2a0
001d0842

	SYSTEM IS UP:  Index: 100  Load: b.p50 Revision: 6.0.2

	> 
	> Jason Nealis
	> Director Internet Operations / Network Access
	> Erols Internet
	> 
	> 
	> On Wed, 6 May 1998, Florian Sauer wrote:
	> 
	> > Jason,
	> > 
	> > ----------
	> > > Von: Jason Nealis <nealis@babylon.erols.com>
	> > > An: Florian Sauer <florian.sauer@musaion.de>
	> > > Cc: ascend-users@bungi.com
	> > > Betreff: Re: (ASCEND) Pipeline 50 V 6.0.2 resetting frequently
	> > > Datum: Mittwoch, 6. Mai 1998 03:09
	> > > 
	> > > 
	> > >  Drop into debug mode and type FAT this will show you the
Fatal History
	> > > log please post output.
	> > > 
	> > > Jason Nealis
	> > 
	> > Here is the complete output of the FATAL log:
	> > 
	> >
****************************************************************************
	> > **************
	> >  > fat
	> > FATAL ERROR:  Index: 2  Load: b.p50 Revision: 6.0.2
	> >         Location: 0019b908 0017f650 0010dcda 0010dfb8 0010edf2
001137ee
	> >  
	> > SYSTEM IS UP:  Index: 100  Load: b.p50 Revision: 6.0.2
	> >
****************************************************************************
	> > **************
	> > 
	> > Any further ideas?
	> > 
	> > Thanks for helping us!
	> > 
	> > Regards,
	> > 
	> > 
	> > Florian
	> > 
	> > Florian Sauer M.A.
	> > musaion media production
	> > Lindpaintnerstr. 70
	> > D-70195 Stuttgart
	> > Tel +49-711-69795-40 Fax +49-711-69795-45
	> > 
	> > eMail: florian.sauer@musaion.de
	> > Web: http://www.musaion.de
	> >  
	> > 
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