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Interface Errors - CRC

jennyjohn
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Level 1

My 4500 switch has CRC errors on the interface Te1/1 which is the uplink to the Core switch. It also has jabber and Sequence-Err.

SW#show interfaces tenGigabitEthernet 1/1
TenGigabitEthernet1/1 is up, line protocol is up (connected)
  Hardware is Ten Gigabit Ethernet Port, address is 0021.55ee.f040 (bia 0021.55ee.f040)
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec,
     reliability 253/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
  Keepalive set (10 sec)
  Full-duplex, 10Gb/s, link type is auto, media type is 10GBase-SR
  input flow-control is on, output flow-control is off
  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
  Last input 00:00:00, output never, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters 1w3d
  Input queue: 0/2000/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
  Queueing strategy: fifo
  Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
  5 minute input rate 2610000 bits/sec, 1014 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 928000 bits/sec, 73 packets/sec
     402999837 packets input, 109603081226 bytes, 0 no buffer
     Received 121951871 broadcasts (109766431 multicasts)
     0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     7630063 input errors, 7620231 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
     0 input packets with dribble condition detected
     56449307 packets output, 74896446971 bytes, 0 underruns
     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
     0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out


SW#show int tenGigabitEthernet 1/1 counters errors

Port       CrcAlign-Err Dropped-Bad-Pkts Collisions   Symbol-Err
Te1/1          7620713                  0                     0       6692301

Port          Undersize  Oversize  Fragments      Jabbers
Te1/1                     0            0                0          9832

Port         Single-Col Multi-Col   Late-Col   Excess-Col
Te1/1                    0            0             0                  0

Port       Deferred-Col False-Car  Carri-Sen Sequence-Err
Te1/1                     0             0              0       12129023

How can I fix this error?

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Reza Sharifi
Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame

Hi,

Clear the interface counter and start with changing the fiber patch between the 2 switches.  If that does not help then replace the GBICs and see what happens.

HTH

Reza

mahesh18
Level 6
Level 6

Hi,

What is port settings on core switch?

Do you see any errors on port connected to core switch?

thanks

Mahesh

Ganesh Hariharan
VIP Alumni
VIP Alumni

My 4500 switch has CRC errors on the interface Te1/1 which is the uplink to the Core switch. It also has jabber and Sequence-Err.

SW#show interfaces tenGigabitEthernet 1/1
TenGigabitEthernet1/1 is up, line protocol is up (connected)
  Hardware is Ten Gigabit Ethernet Port, address is 0021.55ee.f040 (bia 0021.55ee.f040)
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec,
     reliability 253/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
  Keepalive set (10 sec)
  Full-duplex, 10Gb/s, link type is auto, media type is 10GBase-SR
  input flow-control is on, output flow-control is off
  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
  Last input 00:00:00, output never, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters 1w3d
  Input queue: 0/2000/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
  Queueing strategy: fifo
  Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
  5 minute input rate 2610000 bits/sec, 1014 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 928000 bits/sec, 73 packets/sec
     402999837 packets input, 109603081226 bytes, 0 no buffer
     Received 121951871 broadcasts (109766431 multicasts)
     0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     7630063 input errors, 7620231 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
     0 input packets with dribble condition detected
     56449307 packets output, 74896446971 bytes, 0 underruns
     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
     0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out


SW#show int tenGigabitEthernet 1/1 counters errors

Port       CrcAlign-Err Dropped-Bad-Pkts Collisions   Symbol-Err
Te1/1          7620713                  0                     0       6692301

Port          Undersize  Oversize  Fragments      Jabbers
Te1/1                     0            0                0          9832

Port         Single-Col Multi-Col   Late-Col   Excess-Col
Te1/1                    0            0             0                  0

Port       Deferred-Col False-Car  Carri-Sen Sequence-Err
Te1/1                     0             0              0       12129023

How can I fix this error?

Hi,


The interface has had 7630063 'Input errors'. An input error includes runts,  giants, no buffer, CRC, frame, overrun, and ignored counts. Other input-related  errors can also cause the input error count to be increased. Some datagrams can  have more than one error. Therefore, this sum may not be equal to the sum of  enumerated input error counts.
 
The CRC error rate is 1.85579% (greater than 1 in a million packets),  and the collision rate is less than 0.1%.  This can indicate excessive noise or transmission problems on the LAN or the LAN  bus itself. A high number of CRCs is usually the result of collisions or a station  transmitting bad data.

Do the following things and check the results:-

Check cables to determine whether any are damaged. If 100BaseTX is being  used, ensure Category 5 cabling is being used and not another type, such as Category  3.

Hope to Help !!

Ganesh.H

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shailesh.h
Level 1
Level 1

Hi,

At suggest I will go with suggestion provided by Ganesh and Reza that cable to be swapped.. other than that couple of unusal things i observed

  1. Received 121951871 broadcasts (109766431 multicasts)
  2. reliability 253/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255

Usually reliability in LAN always 255/255 and if you are not using any DHCP or HSRP then number of broadcast and multicast should be minimum. Packet sniffer with provide you more details why so many broadcasts and multicast..

Hope this will help you to progress towards resolution.

Shailesh

Thanks Guys,

    I am using fibre cables on that port, I will try changing the fibre patch cords.
and yes, I do see similar errors on the ports connected to the Core Switch.

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