topic Re: PIX 515 reloading every 1-2 weeks ,( in Network Security

PIX 515 reloading every 1-2 weeks ,(

tjgli — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:39:59 GMT

Hello everyone !

I have 2 Pix 515 here in production, each one for an internet line.

For six month , i have serious trouble with the one connected to the bussyiest one : every 1-2 weeks it reloads itself most often at the worst moment, where hundreds of client are connected ;(

Sure it reloads fast but every connection is lost and clients are to reconect...

I have an Backup unit with the same caracteristics so i put it online ...

3 weeks after ... reload in the middle of the morning ,(

Failover is not really a solution as i don't have an free ethernet for state failover (using all 4 zones).

Tried to implement syslog but it seems to be verrrryyyy slow as my syslog server where receiving msg from the pix that were 2-3 hours late ???

Couls that be an firware issue ? I use 7.0(1) and idon't have anymore CCO access so i can upgrade to 7.22 ;(

Any idea ?

Here's the spec of one :

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FWGLI-EASYNET# show memory

Free memory: 95268744 bytes (71%)

Used memory: 38948984 bytes (29%)

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Total memory: 134217728 bytes (100%)

FWGLI-EASYNET# show version

Cisco PIX Security Appliance Software Version 7.0(1)

Device Manager Version 5.0(1)

Compiled on Thu 31-Mar-05 14:37 by builders

System image file is "flash:/pix701.bin"

Config file at boot was "startup-config"

FWGLI-EASYNET up 1 hour 59 mins

Hardware: PIX-515, 128 MB RAM, CPU Pentium 200 MHz

Flash i28F640J5 @ 0x300, 16MB

BIOS Flash AT29C257 @ 0xfffd8000, 32KB

0: Ext: Ethernet0 : media index 0: irq 11

1: Ext: Ethernet1 : media index 1: irq 10

2: Ext: Ethernet2 : media index 2: irq 9

3: Ext: Ethernet3 : media index 3: irq 7

Licensed features for this platform:

Maximum Physical Interfaces : 6

Maximum VLANs : 25

Inside Hosts : Unlimited

Failover : Active/Active

VPN-DES : Enabled

VPN-3DES-AES : Enabled

Cut-through Proxy : Enabled

Guards : Enabled

URL Filtering : Enabled

Security Contexts : 2

GTP/GPRS : Disabled

VPN Peers : Unlimited

This platform has an Unrestricted (UR) license.

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I have no clue... Everything is fine when it reboots from the asdm view ... Memory ok, cpu ok (barely never go further than 10%)

Should i put a fan on the cpu ??

Re: PIX 515 reloading every 1-2 weeks ,(

tjgli — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:47:01 GMT

Update ...

Just discovered the show crashinfo ...

Just in case it could help :

(attached doc)

Googling that 0010dab9 does bring something ... but not very helpfull ,(

Re: PIX 515 reloading every 1-2 weeks ,(

MJPGallagher — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:51:39 GMT

I have a very similar issue. Did you resolve this?

regards,

Re: PIX 515 reloading every 1-2 weeks ,(

JORGE RODRIGUEZ — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:50:18 GMT

version 7.01 is reported to have many bugs casuing crashes based on various conditions.. plan a code upgrade , version 7.2 is a more statble code.

Refere to this furum link for similarities

http://forum.cisco.com/eforum/servlet/NetProf?page=netprof&forum=Security&topic=Firewalling&CommCmd=MB%3Fcmd%3Ddisplay_location%26location%3D.1ddf5bad

Bug report based on version code.

http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/action.do?hdnAction=searchBugs

Re: PIX 515 reloading every 1-2 weeks ,(

phillipediab — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:10:12 GMT

I do have the same issue.It turned out to be a bug in the IOS. The bug is CSCsx64741.

However, 7.01 is not listed withe the version affected