[42396] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: slowing down every 60 seconds due to BGP scaner
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marshall Eubanks)
Sat Sep 15 16:13:48 2001
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Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 16:09:51 -0400
From: Marshall Eubanks <tme@21rst-century.com>
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To: "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs@seastrom.com>
Cc: Marshall Eubanks <tme@multicasttech.com>,
TECH <tech@multicasttech.com>,
Rafi Sadowsky <rafi-nanog@meron.openu.ac.il>,
David McGaugh <david_mcgaugh@eli.net>, nanog@merit.edu
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"Robert E. Seastrom" wrote:
> Marshall Eubanks <tme@multicasttech.com> writes:
>
> > IOS (tm) 7200 Software (C7200-IK8S-M), Version 12.2(2)T1, RELEASE SOFTWARE
> > (fc2)
>
> ...
>
> > BOOTFLASH: 7200 Software (C7200-BOOT-M), Version 11.1(19)CC1, EARLY
> > DEPLOYMENT RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
>
> Consider updating your bootflash to be somewhere near currrent
> (something from 12.2T would be good, identical to the current version
> your're running is best). I've tracked down a couple of particularly
> weird problems that turned out to be triggered by cruft that was
> inherited from the initial bootflash image. Now upgrading the
> bootflash is the first thing I do.
>
> Presuming you aren't running low on memory (show mem sum) or trying to
> push a ton of packets through it, I'd say this is likely a
> cutting-edge-code problem, not a platform problem, and a hardware
> upgrade might not do anything to help you. I don't know anyone who
> is (admits to?) using 12.2* in production. You say you need MSDP and
> SSM stuff that's only in this version; I don't know about
> source-specific multicast, but MSDP is supported in 12.0S...
>
> ---Rob
Thanks for the advice - we will try the bootflash upgrade and report back.
--
Regards
Marshall Eubanks
T.M. Eubanks
Multicast Technologies, Inc
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