Re: [asterisk-users] TDM400P: Lifetime & Replacement
On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 10:26 -0500, Russ Meyerriecks wrote: > There were a few compatability issues with the tdm400's pci interface chip > and certain motherboards Interesting idea, but it's been running in this same server with the same motherboard for at least two years now, and this problem started only last week. At this point, I am sure enough that the card has failed that I have ordered a new base card. If I'm wrong, I will only be out return postage and 10% restock fee. --Greg -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] TDM400P: Lifetime & Replacement
On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 10:10:24AM -0600, Greg Woods wrote: > On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 10:26 -0500, Russ Meyerriecks wrote: > > On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 10:42:16AM -0600, Greg Woods wrote: > > > I have a Digium TDM400P card that appears to have died. The first noted > > > symptoms were that dahdi would fail to reload on boot. On closer > > > inspection, the card looks totally dead; no lights on at all. > > > > Does the device show up in lspci? > > I just checked, and as expected, it does not show up with lspci (all of > the other PCI devices do). Greg, There were a few compatability issues with the tdm400's pci interface chip and certain motherboards. Before you start writing its eulogy, I would pull all the modules off and plug it into a separate server to check for lspci enumeration again. -- Russ Meyerriecks Digium, Inc. | Brogrammer 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA direct: +1 256-428-6025 Check us out at: www.digium.com & www.asterisk.org -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] TDM400P: Lifetime & Replacement
On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 10:26 -0500, Russ Meyerriecks wrote: > On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 10:42:16AM -0600, Greg Woods wrote: > > I have a Digium TDM400P card that appears to have died. The first noted > > symptoms were that dahdi would fail to reload on boot. On closer > > inspection, the card looks totally dead; no lights on at all. > > Does the device show up in lspci? I just checked, and as expected, it does not show up with lspci (all of the other PCI devices do). --Greg -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] TDM400P: Lifetime & Replacement
On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 10:26 -0500, Russ Meyerriecks wrote: > On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 10:42:16AM -0600, Greg Woods wrote: > > I have a Digium TDM400P card that appears to have died. The first noted > > symptoms were that dahdi would fail to reload on boot. On closer > > inspection, the card looks totally dead; no lights on at all. > > Does the device show up in lspci? I'll check that when I get home tonight; I didn't try lspci. But it does NOT show up in dmesg at boot time, which means it probably won't be there for lspci either. --Greg -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] TDM400P: Lifetime & Replacement
On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 10:42:16AM -0600, Greg Woods wrote: > I have a Digium TDM400P card that appears to have died. The first noted > symptoms were that dahdi would fail to reload on boot. On closer > inspection, the card looks totally dead; no lights on at all. Does the device show up in lspci? -- Russ Meyerriecks Digium, Inc. | Brogrammer 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA direct: +1 256-428-6025 Check us out at: www.digium.com & www.asterisk.org -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] TDM400P: Lifetime & Replacement
On Sun, 2012-05-06 at 12:46 -0400, Andrew Latham wrote: > > Sounds like you did a kernel update and did not rebuild DAHDI. I haven't done a kernel update on this particular machine in quite some time, since long before the card started failing. It is still running Fedora 14, so there aren't even any kernel updates available for it. --Greg -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] TDM400P: Lifetime & Replacement
On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Greg Woods wrote: > I have a Digium TDM400P card that appears to have died. The first noted > symptoms were that dahdi would fail to reload on boot. On closer > inspection, the card looks totally dead; no lights on at all. I have > tried moving it to a different PCI slot, and removing the other PCI card > (a 3com 10/100 NIC) completely. I have not tried removing the PCI-E > graphics card, of course, because I can't boot the system without it, > but that is unlikely to be fruitful anyway. > > So the questions are: first, what is the expected lifetime of one of > these cards? It just passed its 5th birthday. Is that as long as it > could be expected to last? > > Second, since the parts of this card are very expensive, I am wondering > if these symptoms likely mean that the main board of the card is dead, > but the FXS and FXO modules might still be good. In that case, I could > just get a new main card and move the modules to the new main card. The > problem is that I can't find any TDM400P cards anywhere, all I can find > are TDM410P's. Will the modules I have (assuming they are still good) > work with a TDM410P? > > Last question: the TDM410 card is available in PCI and PCIx1 forms. I do > have a free PCIx1 slot. Is there any advantage in one over the other? > > Thanks, > --Greg Sounds like you did a kernel update and did not rebuild DAHDI. I have never witnessed a failed Tormenta or Digium card. I have read about them. -- ~ Andrew "lathama" Latham lath...@gmail.com http://lathama.net ~ -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] TDM400P: Lifetime & Replacement
On 05/06/2012 11:42 AM, Greg Woods wrote: Second, since the parts of this card are very expensive, I am wondering if these symptoms likely mean that the main board of the card is dead, but the FXS and FXO modules might still be good. In that case, I could just get a new main card and move the modules to the new main card. The problem is that I can't find any TDM400P cards anywhere, all I can find are TDM410P's. Will the modules I have (assuming they are still good) work with a TDM410P? Yes, the module are compatible with a TDM410P, or any other Digium card supporting analog modules except the TDM2400P. -- Kevin P. Fleming Digium, Inc. | Director of Software Technologies Jabber: kflem...@digium.com | SIP: kpflem...@digium.com | Skype: kpfleming 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA Check us out at www.digium.com & www.asterisk.org -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] TDM400P: Lifetime & Replacement
I have a Digium TDM400P card that appears to have died. The first noted symptoms were that dahdi would fail to reload on boot. On closer inspection, the card looks totally dead; no lights on at all. I have tried moving it to a different PCI slot, and removing the other PCI card (a 3com 10/100 NIC) completely. I have not tried removing the PCI-E graphics card, of course, because I can't boot the system without it, but that is unlikely to be fruitful anyway. So the questions are: first, what is the expected lifetime of one of these cards? It just passed its 5th birthday. Is that as long as it could be expected to last? Second, since the parts of this card are very expensive, I am wondering if these symptoms likely mean that the main board of the card is dead, but the FXS and FXO modules might still be good. In that case, I could just get a new main card and move the modules to the new main card. The problem is that I can't find any TDM400P cards anywhere, all I can find are TDM410P's. Will the modules I have (assuming they are still good) work with a TDM410P? Last question: the TDM410 card is available in PCI and PCIx1 forms. I do have a free PCIx1 slot. Is there any advantage in one over the other? Thanks, --Greg -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
