I've had plenty sfps fail on me after years of use during a swap. Our last move involved just around 100 sfps of various types, and we ended up with about 4 dead or wonky ones. Granted, they were all third party copper gig sfps so the quality probably wasnt that great...
On Dec 15, 2013 8:54 AM, "Matthew Huff" <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday we upgraded two of our 6509 chassis to 6509-E. Other than the > tedious nature of removing/replacing the line cards, everything went well. > The configuration was set for complete diagnostics, and everything came up > with no errors reported. However, one transceiver on one switch, and two on > another are down/down. The diagnostics show no errors nor do the interfaces > report any problems. They are all configured as layer 3 devices, with no > strange features enabled. Other transceivers on the same module work fine, > and other modules of the same type do as well. > > Switch1 (6509-E, sup720-3B, module X6704-10GE) > ---------------------------------------------- > Xenpack-10Gbase-LX4 down/down > Xenpack-10Gbase-LX4 down/down > > Switch2 (6509-E, sup720-3B, module X6708-10GE) > ---------------------------------------------- > X2-10GBase-ER down/down > > > Config: > > interface TenGigabitEthernet7/3 > ip address x.x.x.x 255.255.255.252 > ip pim sparse-dense-mode > ipv6 address x:x:x:x::x/127 > ipv6 enable > ipv6 eigrp x > > Things I have tried: > > 1) Reseating the transceivers > 2) Reseating the modules > 3) Power cycling the modules > 4) Tried OS versions 12.2(33).SXJ2, 12.2(33).SXJ6, 15.1(2)SY1 > 5) Replaced patch cables > 6) The X2-10GBase-ER transceiver connects to an extension from a meet-me > room. I swapped pairs to try to see if that resolved anything > > Nothing worked. > > The two switches haven't been reset in over a year, and probably haven't > been power-cycled in 3-4 years. It's possible that they just failed due to > that, being moved, etc... But, once is happenstance, twice is circumstance, > three times is enemy action. I don't like the coincidence of three failing. > > I've got an ER optic on order (I don't have any spares), but I'm going to > swap out the LX4 optics today. > > Has anyone run into this ever before with no error message or any > indication of the problem? They interfaces show the optics, the ER DOM > shows low receive levels (varies between -28 and -37), but just won't come > up. > > > > ---- > Matthew Huff | 1 Manhattanville Rd > Director of Operations | Purchase, NY 10577 > OTA Management LLC | Phone: 914-460-4039 > > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
