Cisco WAN Switching Modules

February 17, 1999

Products Affected

BPX

Problem Description

BCC-3-32 goes into an "UP Failure" on the Standby BCC when the PRIMARY CLOCK line (BXM E3 or T3) goes into "Bad Clock" alarm.

Problem Symptoms

Removing or recovering the primary or secondary clock sources from the network can cause the standby BCC to momentarily get out of synchronization.

Background

This problem exists in software releases 8.4.x, 8.5.x, and 9.1.x and is currently fixed in software release 9.1.08. Please refer to the DDTS for future releases with a fix.

This defect is logged in bug ID CSCdk45040. If you are a registered CCO user and you have logged in, you can view bug details.

View CSCdk45040 (registered customers only)

Workaround/Solution

Follow these steps:

1. Delete the clock source.

2. Switch to the internal oscillator or clear the alarm with the clrlnalm 16 command.

3. Add the clock source.

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