[c-nsp] SFP high power alarm

2012-08-21 Thread marc williams
10 GIG cisco compatible SFP in a 3750-X switch. we started to see this error message after a fibre break and repair: %SFF8472-5-THRESHOLD_VIOLATION: Te4/1/2: Tx power high alarm; Operating value: 0.6 dBm, Threshold value: 0.0 dBm Cant see how the TX power can go high? any ideas?

Re: [c-nsp] SFP high power alarm

2012-08-21 Thread Phil Mayers
On 21/08/12 11:13, marc williams wrote: 10 GIG cisco compatible SFP in a 3750-X switch. we started to see this error message after a fibre break and repair: %SFF8472-5-THRESHOLD_VIOLATION: Te4/1/2: Tx power high alarm; Operating value: 0.6 dBm, Threshold value: 0.0 dBm Cant see how the TX

Re: [c-nsp] SFP high power alarm

2012-08-21 Thread Patrick Cole
Marc, Perhaps it was right on the limit of max receive threshold and they repaired a splice that was dodgy to start with increasing the signal. Patrick Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:13:48AM +0100, marc williams wrote: 10 GIG cisco compatible SFP in a 3750-X switch. we started to see this error

Re: [c-nsp] SFP high power alarm

2012-08-21 Thread John Brown
Put a real optical power meter on the fibers and adjust with pads as needed to get your levels within specs. On 8/21/12 4:37 AM, Patrick Cole z...@amused.net wrote: Marc, Perhaps it was right on the limit of max receive threshold and they repaired a splice that was dodgy to start with

Re: [c-nsp] SFP high power alarm

2012-08-21 Thread Wayne Tucker
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:13 AM, marc williams mar...@me.com wrote: 10 GIG cisco compatible SFP in a 3750-X switch. we started to see this error message after a fibre break and repair: %SFF8472-5-THRESHOLD_VIOLATION: Te4/1/2: Tx power high alarm; Operating value: 0.6 dBm, Threshold value:

Re: [c-nsp] SFP high power alarm

2012-08-21 Thread Peter Rathlev
On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 06:13 -0700, Wayne Tucker wrote: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:13 AM, marc williams mar...@me.com wrote: %SFF8472-5-THRESHOLD_VIOLATION: Te4/1/2: Tx power high alarm; Operating value: 0.6 dBm, Threshold value: 0.0 dBm Too much signal can cause receiver saturation,

Re: [c-nsp] VRF-Lite with CentralServices - NX-OS 5.1.6

2012-08-21 Thread Peter Rathlev
On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 00:15 +, henry.hua...@yahoo.es wrote: Currently we are testing Nexus7K, and we need to configure VRF-Lite and have a model CentraServices. Is possible this feature? My unqualified guess is that it's possible, though I'm not sure what you would win compared to other

Re: [c-nsp] SFP high power alarm

2012-08-21 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:26:50PM +, John Brown wrote: Put a real optical power meter on the fibers and adjust with pads as needed to get your levels within specs. That's *RX* power. Not TX power. TX power is something that is measured inside the SFP - an the question how can TX

Re: [c-nsp] SFP high power alarm

2012-08-21 Thread Wayne Tucker
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Peter Rathlev pe...@rathlev.dk wrote: On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 06:13 -0700, Wayne Tucker wrote: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:13 AM, marc williams mar...@me.com wrote: %SFF8472-5-THRESHOLD_VIOLATION: Te4/1/2: Tx power high alarm; Operating value: 0.6 dBm,

Re: [c-nsp] SFP high power alarm

2012-08-21 Thread Andrew Koch
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:13 AM, marc williams mar...@me.com wrote: 10 GIG cisco compatible SFP in a 3750-X switch. we started to see this error message after a fibre break and repair: %SFF8472-5-THRESHOLD_VIOLATION: Te4/1/2: Tx power high alarm; Operating value: 0.6 dBm, Threshold value:

Re: [c-nsp] SFP high power alarm

2012-08-21 Thread Juergen Marenda
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 06:05:32PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote: Hi, On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:26:50PM +, John Brown wrote: Put a real optical power meter on the fibers and adjust with pads as needed to get your levels within specs. That's *RX* power. Not TX power. TX power is

[c-nsp] 3CXL limitations

2012-08-21 Thread Андреев, Андрей Андреевич
Hi list, Today one of our 7600 transit router was under dos attack and we saw serious performance degradation. Cpu was not affected but i saw transit traffic drops. Firstly i think about pps lookup limit on 3CXL PFC but the command show platform hardware capacity forwarding shows me that

Re: [c-nsp] SFP high power alarm

2012-08-21 Thread Stephen Wilcox
Hi Marc, as Gert says they vary over time so this has occurred because either its putting out more power or the sensor has it wrong. You should test it with a light meter. It may go faulty, this could be a sign its on its way out. So, its probably not going to do any damage to a receiving optic,

[c-nsp] Output drops mysteriously appear/disappear on 3750X

2012-08-21 Thread Eric Van Tol
Hi all, I've got a pair of stacked 3750X switches running 15.0(1)SE3 and I'm noticing something funky. On a pair of mirror destination ports, I'm seeing output drops appear and disappear in the CLI output of 'show interface' at random intervals. What I mean by this is, after clearing counters

Re: [c-nsp] IOS-XR LC attribute database errors

2012-08-21 Thread Lee Starnes
Thanks Oliver for checking on that. Not a critical issue at this point since it is not impacting service. Thanks Andy for your help and input too. -Lee On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:56 AM, Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer) oboeh...@cisco.com wrote: Andy/Lee, I am seeing these entries in my logs