Re: [c-nsp] 7604 incorrent counter values on VLAN interface

2015-05-22 Thread Bill Wichers
Correct, they will wrap when you have moved more than about 4 billion bytes (2^32) in a single 5 minute polling cycle. That works out to just over 114.5Mb/s It's usually easiest these days to just use 64 bit counters for everything, but with anything over essentially a 100M interface it's

Re: [c-nsp] Virtual CPE as a service on Metro-E last mile - Suggestions/inputs required

2015-05-21 Thread Bill Wichers
We just run q-in-q from a relatively inexpensive CPE switch back to our nearest node. The advantage to this is that it's simple, and we can run either over our own fiber or tunnel through other carrier's networks if needed for type-2 circuits. If you're tunneling you need to make sure your carrier

Re: [c-nsp] Virtual CPE as a service on Metro-E last mile - Suggestions/inputs required

2015-05-21 Thread Bill Wichers
...@gvtc.com] Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 3:02 PM To: 'Bill Wichers'; cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: RE: [c-nsp] Virtual CPE as a service on Metro-E last mile - Suggestions/inputs required You mentioned ... I'm thinking q-in-q is what you mean when you say MAC in MAC. I've read

Re: [c-nsp] Sonet hard patterns for testing

2009-04-09 Thread Bill Wichers
The problem data strings are usually either strings that match control codes or long sequences of either all ones or all zeroes. If too many bits go by without any transitions it is possible for the receiver to loose sync with the network. You might want to just try a packet of all zeroes or ones

Re: [c-nsp] T3 or Ethernet delivery?

2009-04-08 Thread Bill Wichers
I've found that some carriers consider Ethernet something of a toy whereas TDM and SONET circuits are considered more mission critical. Basically our local engineering gusy say that the Ethernet links are just a bunch of jumpers in COs, and by that they mean a single link patched through to where

Re: [c-nsp] Max length of 9600 serial over CAT5e

2009-04-08 Thread Bill Wichers
RS-232 has more limitations than just cable capacitance. RS-232 is a single-ended communication protocol (on the physical level), so it's noise immunity is not very good. This is especially a problem if you're running the cable in an electrically noisy environment (like a cable tray or wiring

Re: [c-nsp] Odd Etherchannel behavior between 7507 and cat 4006

2009-04-08 Thread Bill Wichers
[snip] I typically set both ends (router and switch) of these links to 100/full since I've seen weird autonegotiation problems before. This works just fine for individual FE links, but as soon as I bring up the Etherchannel group both member links on the router end drop back to unknown

Re: [c-nsp] Odd Etherchannel behavior between 7507 and cat 4006

2009-04-07 Thread Bill Wichers
[snip] ... and the context of *this* discussion is likely involving PA-FE-TX's, which are quite old hardware, and cannot do any sort of autoneg. True, so the ports should probably be nailed to full at both sides. Correct, they are PA-FE-TX's. There are two such PAs in a VIP2-50, and those

[c-nsp] Odd Etherchannel behavior between 7507 and cat 4006

2009-04-06 Thread Bill Wichers
I have a strange problem getting an Etherchannel link betweek a 7507 and a Cat 4006. Basically everything works, but the two FE interfaces on the 7507 (both in the same VIP) keep dropping their full-duplex config and reporting unknown duplex instead. Traffic works across the link, load is about

[c-nsp] Strange OC3 issue between GSR and old POSIP card in 7507

2009-03-25 Thread Bill Wichers
I'm seeing a strange problem with an OC3 link that should be really simple. The link runs from a 4-port OC3 card in a 12012 to an old POSIP-OC3-50 in a 7507. Earlier in the day one of the two POSIP cards in the 7507 started running a *lot* of receive errors, all CRC, so we thought maybe the optic

Re: [c-nsp] Strange OC3 issue between GSR and old POSIP card in 7507

2009-03-25 Thread Bill Wichers
One quick question: is this your own dark fiber, or through a SONET ADM, or through a service provider? Interestingly enough, the recommendation for dark fiber is internal clocking on both ends. Also note that the quad OC3 line cards in the 12000 have some limitations as to clocking

Re: [c-nsp] rack power question

2008-03-25 Thread Bill Wichers
We've seen some customers order 2 x 120 volt, 30 amp power circuits which is about 5.8kW, and it's not uncommon. With the new blade server people coming in we see 208 volt, 30 amp circuits being ordered and those are approx 5kW each and it's not uncommon to have people order multiple circuits

[c-nsp] Need some tech time

2008-03-25 Thread Bill Wichers
If there is anyone out there with some experience setting up HSRP on a small datacenter-type core network with a few BGP peers please contact me off list. We are looking for someone to do some quicky contract work. All the equipment will be accessible through the Internet. -Bill