nexus 5548 10GB-LR interfaces not coming up

wholemans · ‎06-22-2012

We are trying to connect 2 nexus 5558UP (5.1.(3)N1(1)) with 10G-SFP+-LR interfaces.

The interfaces are not genuine cisco's (smartoptics) but as far as we can tell, they are accepted by the hardware.

If we take a look at the optical levels, we can see that the switches can see eachother (double-checked by bringing down one interface to see if optical levels really disappears) on optical level, well within limits.

I found a notice about changing debounce timers but this doesn't help, setting it to 0 or 1000 doesn't make a difference.

Copies of the different show int commands can be found at the end of this text.

Anyone has a clue what still could be wrong ? Suggestions on what could be causing this or to get more (debug) info on why the interface link stays down allthough the optical link is ok ?

Wim Holemans

Network Services

University of Antwerp

swnxds01-enable# sh int eth1/3 transc details
Ethernet1/3
    transceiver is present
    type is 10Gbase-LR
    name is OEM
    part number is SFP-10G-LR40-C59
    revision is 0001
    serial number is 110900013
    nominal bitrate is 10300 MBit/sec
    Link length supported for 9/125um fiber is 40 km
    cisco id is --
    cisco extended id number is 4

           SFP Detail Diagnostics Information (internal calibration)
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Current              Alarms                  Warnings
                Measurement     High        Low         High          Low
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Temperature   53.75 C        70.00 C     -5.00 C     65.00 C        0.00 C
  Voltage        3.20 V         3.59 V      3.00 V      3.50 V        3.09 V
  Current       34.89 mA       90.00 mA     2.00 mA    80.00 mA       4.00 mA
  Tx Power        2.54 dBm       4.99 dBm    0.00 dBm    3.99 dBm      0.99 dBm
  Rx Power       -6.73 dBm       0.00 dBm  -16.98 dBm   -1.00 dBm    -15.08 dBm
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

swnxds01-enable# sh int eth1/3 cap
Ethernet1/3
  Model:                 N5K-C5548UP-SUP
  Type (SFP capable):    10Gbase-LR
  Speed:                 1000,10000
  Duplex:                full
  Trunk encap. type:     802.1Q
  Channel:               yes
  Broadcast suppression: no
  Flowcontrol:           rx-(off/on),tx-(off/on)
  Rate mode:             none
  QOS scheduling:        rx-(6q1t),tx-(1p6q0t)
  CoS rewrite:           no
  ToS rewrite:           no
  SPAN:                  yes
  UDLD:                  yes
  Link Debounce:         yes
  Link Debounce Time:    yes
  MDIX:                  no
  Pvlan Trunk capable:   yes
  TDR capable:           no
  FabricPath capable:    yes
  Port mode:             Switched
  FEX Fabric:            yes

lgijssel · ‎06-22-2012

How about the interface configuration?

Both sides must be configured identically, for example dot1q trunk, nonegotiate.

regards,

Leo

wholemans · ‎06-22-2012

the interfaces have identical configurations as we tested them on 1 site first using a 10G-CU interface and during the test everything worked.

I will change them back to access ports to double check

Wim Holemans

krun_shah · ‎06-22-2012

Try using service unsupported-transceiver or use similar transceiver SFP-10G-LR. See the any notable difference in show interface eth1/3 transceiver detail commands whn using SFP-10G-LR. Also how about isung diffrent port in different ASIC e.g from eth 1/9-14.

wholemans · ‎06-22-2012

no success, already had the unsupported-transceiver command

changing to other asic didn't help.

Waiting some feedback from my SFP supplier and SmartOptics.

Wim Holemans

jeffreywatson · ‎01-28-2014

did you ever get an answer to this problem - i think we are seeing the same issue on our 5548