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A Bad Grant error is logged after a card waits 32 frame cycles to transmit a BFrame and does not get a grant. The polling algorithm is such that the longest wait is less than 16 cycles.
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How do I see them?
When you issue the command dspsloterrs, you can see which cards log slot errors, as shown in this section. You can also issue the command dspsloterrs <card #> to zoom in on any one card.
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Summary of Slot Errors
Invld Poll Poll Tx Rx B- Rx
Stdby Rx A Bus B Bus Bad BIP- BIP- SIU Frame FIFO Poll CK-
PRBS Port Par Par Grant 16 16 Phase Par Sync Clk 192
Slot Errs Errs Errs Errs Errs Errs Errs Errs Errs Errs Errs Errs
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last Command: dspsloterrs
bpx1 TN Cisco BPX 8620 9.3.51 Mar. 18 2005 16:44 GMT
BCC3 7 Status: Clear - Slot OK Clrd: 02/16/05 23:21:36
Type Count ETS Status Type Count ETS Status
Stby PRBS Errs 0 0
Rx Invld Prt Errs 0 0
Poll Bus A Parity 0 0
Poll Bus B Parity 0 0
Bad Grant Errs 50 0
Tx BIP-16 Errs 0 0
Rx BIP-16 Errs 0 0
SIU Phase Errs 0 0
Bfrm. Par. Errs 0 0
Rx FIFO Sync Errs 0 0
Poll Clk Errs 0 0
CK 192 Errs 0 0
Last Command: dspsloterrs 7
What do they mean?
A Bad Grant error indicates that a BFrame was discarded because the transmitting card did not get a chance to send the BFrame to its destination, because it did not get a grant. As Bad Grant errors can be logged at a maximum rate of ten per second, the count is of intervals with errors, and not of the number of BFrames discarded. Since the polling algorithm is not supposed to allow this to happen, this error is an indication of a fundamental problem that must be addressed.
What should I do to make them go away?
If Bad Grant errors are seen in conjunction with Poll Parity errors or with Response Parity errors, then the Bad Grants are just a symptom of these errors. Complete the steps detailed in this document in order to resolve the problem.
If Bad Grants are seen with Invalid Address errors (in the arbstats command output), suspect a configuration problem on a card (probably in the slot indicated in the arbstats src field). You need to investigate further in order to determine whether this was due to hardware, firmware, or software. If Bad Grants are seen on a single card without any other errors, the card is probably bad, particularly if the errors increment at the maximum rate of 100 / 10 seconds.
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| Updated: Dec 06, 2006 | Document ID: 10812 |