Thanks for the responses guys, good to see I'm not going mad... Ian Hiddleston | Senior Network Analyst | Civica UK Limited Tel: 0845 055 2323 e-mail: [email protected] | http://www.civica.co.uk
-----Original Message----- From: cisco-nsp [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Mikulasik Sent: 13 October 2015 15:49 To: Hagen AMEN <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Cisco WS2960-X - Are these switches lemons or is there a stable release? My recent experiences with TAC suggested releases has not been good when it comes to switches. I have been doing a lot more reading into the release notes to figure out the most suitable release. From: Hagen AMEN [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:38 AM To: Steve Mikulasik <[email protected]> Cc: Nick Cutting <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Cisco WS2960-X - Are these switches lemons or is there a stable release? Certainly, we saw the issue happen running 15.0(2)EX5, but we've also seen it happen on 15.2(2)E, 15.2(2a)E1, as well as ES releases from TAC (which were supposed to fix the issue). We're running 15.2(3)E1, for the last couple of months (July timeframe). So far, no recurrence. On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 6:57 AM, Steve Mikulasik <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I think that was a bug in 15.0.2EX5. 15.0.2aEX5 has been working fine for me since it came out in Feb. -----Original Message----- From: cisco-nsp [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Hagen AMEN Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 11:29 AM To: Nick Cutting <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Cisco WS2960-X - Are these switches lemons or is there a stable release? Indeed, not only do they stop forwarding on the copper SFPs, the SFP tends to drop off entirely (just generates that lovely HULC error when you query the ethernet-controller phy detail). And, for extra fun, some iterations of the hardware will also (when the SFP fails) start generating: "%ILET-1-AUTHENTICATION_FAIL: This Switch may not have been manufactured by Cisco or with Cisco's authorization..." Which causes the switch to stop forwarding all traffic. Requires a full power cycle to restore. On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Nick Cutting <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I've never got over the bug that plagues copper SFP's in this model of > switch. They just stop forwarding traffic randomly. > > They keep promising a fix - I still haven't seen anything rock solid. > > -----Original Message----- > From: cisco-nsp > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > On Behalf > Of Ian Hiddleston > Sent: 12 October 2015 17:29 > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [c-nsp] Cisco WS2960-X - Are these switches lemons or is > there a stable release? > > Hi guys, > > For reasons best left alone, I’ve ended up with a pair of Cisco > 2960-X’s (WS-C2960X-48TD-L to be precise). I’ve had nothing but > trouble with them so far, hence asking the list. Does anyone know if > there is a stable software image for them that doesn’t crash when you > SSH to it or drop the stack module offline and split brain for fun? > > Thanks, > Ian _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ Ian Hiddleston | Senior Network Analyst | Civica UK Limited Tel: 0845 055 2323 e-mail: [email protected] | http://www.civica.co.uk<http://www.civica.co.uk/> ■ Civica commits to the next generation by joining The 5% Club.. more<https://www.civica.co.uk/articles/816-Civica-commits-to-the-next-generation-by-joining-The-5-Club> ■ The Great British Cloud-off... more<https://www.civica.co.uk/articles/813-The-Great-British-Cloud-off> ■ Bristol City Council selects Civica’s Housing Cx system to transform tenant services... more<https://www.civica.co.uk/articles/809-Bristol-City-Council-selects-Civicas-Housing-Cx-system-to-transform-tenant-services> Civica UK Limited<http://www.civica.co.uk/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail is sent for and on behalf of Civica UK Limited company number 01628868, Civica Services Limited company number 02374268, or Civica Group Limited company number 04968437. All companies are registered in England and Wales and each has its registered office at 2 Burston Road, Putney, London, SW15 6AR. Confidentiality: This e-mail and its attachments are intended for the above named only and may be confidential. If they have come to you in error you must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone. If you have received this in error please advise the sender by replying to this e-mail immediately highlighting the error and deleting it from your system. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
