Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches

Revised December 14, 2006

December 12, 2006

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Products Affected

Problem Description

The Supervisor Engine 720 may restart after a second Supervisor Engine 720 is inserted in the chassis. The Supervisor Engine crash occurs if the Ethernet Out Band Channel (EOBC) gets jammed during the online insertion process.

• This problem occurs in 6500 non-E and 7600 series chassis running affected Cisco IOS software versions.

• This problem occurs when the hardware version of both Supervisor Engines is 5.2 or later.

• Initially, the problem may not occur. However, once the problem occurs, it may recur during all subsequent online insertions.

Note:

To identify the hardware version, refer to How to Identify Hardware Levels section.

Background

An EOBC jam is created by the online insertion (OIR) of standby Supervisor Engine 720 of hardware revision 5.2 when the active Supervisor Engine 720 is also of hardware revision 5.2, in a non-E chassis.

Note:

For affected IOS versions, refer to Cisco IOS Versions Affected section.

Problem Symptoms

Inserting a second Supervisor Engine 720 in a Non-E chassis may cause the active supervisor to crash with EOBC JAM error. The following error message will be displayed.

Error Message:

Router>
00:20:27: %SYS-SP-3-LOGGER_FLUSHING: System pausing to ensure console debugging
output.

00:20:27: %EOBC-SP-2-EOBC_JAM: EOBC channel is jammed.  Attempting to diagnose
the source of the problem and recover if possible.
00:20:27: %OIR-SP-6-CONSOLE: Changing console ownership to switch processor

Workaround/Solution

Upgrade IOS software to the following IOS versions accordingly:

• 12.2(18)SXD07a or later versions.

• 12.2(18)SXE06a or later versions.

• 12.2(18)SXF06 or later versions.

• 12.2(33)SRA01 or later versions.

DDTS

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Cisco IOS Versions Affected

All 12.2(18)SXD Cisco IOS Versions up to, but not including 12.2(18)SXD07a

All 12.2(18)SXE Cisco IOS Versions up to, but not including 12.2(18)SXE06a

All 12.2(18)SXF Cisco IOS Versions up to, but not including 12.2(18)SXF06

All 12.2(33)SR Cisco IOS Versions up to, but not including 12.2(33)SRA01

How To Identify Hardware Levels

You may query the hardware version of the Supervisor Engine 720 by using the show mod exec CLI command.

Example:

Router>sh mod
Mod Ports Card Type                              Model              Serial No.
--- ----- -------------------------------------- ------------------ -----------
  6    2  Supervisor Engine 720 (Active)         WS-SUP720-3B       SAL1013H66F

Mod MAC addresses                       Hw    Fw           Sw           Status
--- ---------------------------------- ------ ------------ ------------ -------
  6  0013.c43a.bcd8 to 0013.c43a.bcdb   5.2   8.4(2)       12.2(18)SXF4 Ok

Mod  Sub-Module                  Model              Serial       Hw     Status 
---- --------------------------- ------------------ ----------- ------- -------
  6  Policy Feature Card 3       WS-F6K-PFC3B       SAL1013H2W2  2.3    Ok
  6  MSFC3 Daughterboard         WS-SUP720          SAL1013H67Z  2.5    Ok

Mod  Online Diag Status 
---- -------------------
  6  Pass

Revision History

For More Information

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