Field Notice: FN74189 - A Limited Number of CIM8-C-K9 Units May Experience Small, Random, Uncorrected Errors on Both Network and Client Interfaces - Hardware Upgrade Available

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Updated:February 6, 2025
Document ID:FN74189

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High
Impact Rating:
High
First Published:
2024-Oct-09
Last Published:
2025-Feb-06
Revision:
2.0
Cisco Bug IDs:

Notice

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Products Affected


Affected Product Name Description Comments
CIM8-C-K9 Coherent Interface Module 8 C-Band  
CIM8-C-K9= Coherent Interface Module 8 C-Band  




Defect Information


Defect IDHeadline
CSCwi74008CIM8 defects requiring Jannu silicon B0 to be fixed

Problem Description


A limited number of Cisco Coherent Interconnect Module 8 (CIM8-C) Modules that use a digital signal processor (DSP) that may experience small, random, uncorrected errors. For information about which Cisco CIM8-C products are affected, see the Products Affected section of this field notice.


Background


Due to timing violations, a limited number of DSPs may report Line Rx post-forward error correction (FEC) errors and ingress and egress client traffic corruption, resulting in uncorrectable post-FEC block errors even though there is a positive Q margin. Errors may be flagged by a remote monitoring (RMON) or performance monitoring (PM) counter and/or may only be detectable by a connected router. It is also possible to have valid traffic but incorrect RMON and PM reporting.


Problem Symptom


Affected units may show uncorrected errors at random during operation.


Workaround/Solution


Cisco recommends replacing affected units with the new version. To determine if a serial number is affected, see the Serial Number Validation section of this field notice.


How to Identify Affected Products


To determine if a serial number is affected, see the Serial Number Validation section of this field notice.


Serial Number Validation


Cisco provides the Serial Number Validation Tool to verify whether a device is impacted by this issue. To check the device, enter the serial number in the Serial Number Validation Tool.

Important: For security reasons, you must click the Serial Number Validation Tool link that is provided in this section. Do not copy and paste the link into a browser. Use of the Serial Number Validation Tool URL external to this field notice will fail.

Revision History


VersionDescriptionSectionDate
2.0Changed field notice distribution from Internal to External.—2025-FEB-06
1.0Initial Release—2024-OCT-09

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