Cisco Systems up/down/up/down connection on a Cisco Catalyst 3500XL

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up/down/up/down connection on a Cisco Catalyst 3500XL Brownz @ Work 01-25-07
Posted by Brownz @ Work on January 25, 2007, 9:17 am
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Hi,

Bit of a strange one this.

The NIC is an intergrated 82566DM on an Intel DQ965GF Mainboard -305 rev -
bios 5585.

OS is XP Pro SP2.

NIC Driver is the latest Intel release 9.6.31.0

Switch is a Catalyst 3500XL 100/100/1000 with latest R16 ISO bootloader etc.

If you set the switch to "Auto" and the NIC Speed and Duplex to "Auto"
(Which is the shipping default), then it constantly drops and re-establishes
the network connection. See below :

2d00h: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/1,
changed
state to down
2d00h: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to up
2d00h: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/1,
changed
state to up
2d00h: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to down
2d00h: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/1,
changed
state to down
2d00h: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to up
2d00h: %LINEP
2d00h: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/1,
changed
state to down
2d00h: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to up
2d00h: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/1,
changed
state to up
2d00h: %RTD-1-LINK_FLAP: FastEthernet0/1 link down/up 5 times per min
2d00h: %RTD-1-LINK_FLAP: FastEthernet0/1 link down/up 5 times per min
2d00h: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to down
2d00h: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Int
state to down
2d00h: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to up
2d00h: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/1,
changed

If you configure the NIC and Switch manually to match speed and duplex then
the problem goes away.

Unforunately these NIC's ship as AUTO.

Anyone seen this at all, any suggestions to whether or not its the NIC or
the Switch at fault.

If I attach the NIC to a Cisco Catalyst 2950XL then the problem is not
present.

Any sugggestions are more than welcome - a d m i n [ a t ] b r o w n z [ d o
t ] o r g



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Cheerz - Brownz
http://www.brownz.org/



Posted by Brownz @ Work on January 25, 2007, 9:49 am
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Brownz @ Work wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Bit of a strange one this.
>
> The NIC is an intergrated 82566DM on an Intel DQ965GF Mainboard -305
> rev - bios 5585.
>
> OS is XP Pro SP2.
>
> NIC Driver is the latest Intel release 9.6.31.0
>
> Switch is a Catalyst 3500XL 100/100/1000 with latest R16 ISO
> bootloader etc.
> If you set the switch to "Auto" and the NIC Speed and Duplex to "Auto"
> (Which is the shipping default), then it constantly drops and
> re-establishes the network connection. See below :
>
> 2d00h: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface
> FastEthernet0/1, changed
> state to down
> 2d00h: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to up
> 2d00h: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface
> FastEthernet0/1, changed
> state to up
> 2d00h: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to
> down 2d00h: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface
> FastEthernet0/1, changed
> state to down
> 2d00h: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to up
> 2d00h: %LINEP
> 2d00h: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface
> FastEthernet0/1, changed
> state to down
> 2d00h: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to up
> 2d00h: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface
> FastEthernet0/1, changed
> state to up
> 2d00h: %RTD-1-LINK_FLAP: FastEthernet0/1 link down/up 5 times per min
> 2d00h: %RTD-1-LINK_FLAP: FastEthernet0/1 link down/up 5 times per min
> 2d00h: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to
> down 2d00h: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Int
> state to down
> 2d00h: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to up
> 2d00h: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface
> FastEthernet0/1, changed
>
> If you configure the NIC and Switch manually to match speed and
> duplex then the problem goes away.
>
> Unforunately these NIC's ship as AUTO.
>
> Anyone seen this at all, any suggestions to whether or not its the
> NIC or the Switch at fault.
>
> If I attach the NIC to a Cisco Catalyst 2950XL then the problem is not
> present.
>
> Any sugggestions are more than welcome - a d m i n [ a t ] b r o w n
> z [ d o t ] o r g

Oh, and PS - I've tried a discrete Pro1000GT and Pro1000MT cards in the
board, which pick up Intel Driver 8.7.1.0 and work just fine.


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Cheerz - Brownz
http://www.brownz.org/



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