If not to late, would you please post the output of sh int <pick one that is acting up> when your having the problem. I've never seen a Cisco switch with all ports throwing a protocol error, just single ports here and there. It "almost" sounds like a spanning-tree problem...or a couple of bad switches. Call the TAC if you have smartnet or there less than a year old...
Shook -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Hoping to find someone tonight... Sorry - what I wrote below is a little misleading. I had a console attached to the 2948T-48s - they were the ones reporting the protocol error. I didn't see much on the 3400cl. Kurt On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Kurt Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The link light would appear for a short while, then disappear, and > output in the console window talked about a protocol error. For each > and every one of the ports to which a 2950T-48 was attached. And, for > one of those ports, I undid the cable for the 2950T-24, and hooked a > 2950T-48 into it. No go. > > Same exact cables, because the 2948G-L3 that we're replacing is less > than 1U away from the HP 3400cl that's replacing it. I just took the > cables from their ports on the 2948G-L3 and plugged them into the > 3400cl. > > I also power cycled all switches, in sequence. Nothing. > > Kurt > > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> No link? >> >> No link at *all*? >> >> Even with known-good cables? >> >> Generally speaking I've only ever seen that when one or both sides of >> the link has bad ports. >> >> The only other time I've seen a Cisco switch not show an active link >> with a known-good cable is when the port is in the "shutdown" state, and >> I'm sure you've considered that possibility. >> >> Kurt Buff wrote: >>> Their link lights aren't even lit. Nothing. Nada. I power cycled both >>> the 2950Ts and the 3400cl, with no luck. >> >> -- >> >> Phil Brutsche >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ >> > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
