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Cisco 2921 Router interfaces suddenly go down, fixes after restart

Jameel Ahmed
Level 1
Level 1

Hi, 

We are using C2921-SECk9 router with 1GB RAM, its two or three interfaces go down every one or two months. The interfaces start working again after a reboot. What could be the cause?

 

System Bootstrap, Version 15.0 (1r) M15, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Cisco IOS Software, C2900 Software (C2900-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.6 (3) M, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) 

 

Last month interface Gi0/0 & 0/2 went down, this time interfaces Gi0/0 & 0/1 went down.

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abdulsalaamk
Level 1
Level 1

Hi Jameel,

 

Can you please share show interface logs prior to reboot and was other ports working at point of issue ?

 

 

#show ip int b
Interface                  IP-Address      OK? Method Status                Protocol
Embedded-Service-Engine0/0 unassigned      YES NVRAM  administratively down down    
GigabitEthernet0/0         xx.xx.xx.18   YES NVRAM  down                  down    
GigabitEthernet0/1         xx.xx.xx9      YES manual down                  down    
GigabitEthernet0/1.1       unassigned      YES unset  down                  down    
GigabitEthernet0/2         xx.xx.xx.2   YES NVRAM  up                    up      
FastEthernet0/1/0          unassigned      YES unset  up                    up      
FastEthernet0/1/1          unassigned      YES unset  up                    up      
FastEthernet0/1/2          unassigned      YES unset  up                    up      
FastEthernet0/1/3          unassigned      YES unset  up                    up      
NVI0                       unassigned      YES unset  up                    up      
Tunnel1                    xx.xx.xx.9        YES NVRAM  up                    down    
Tunnel2                    xx.xx.xx.9   YES NVRAM  up                    down    
Tunnel3                    172.16.2.2      YES NVRAM  up                    down    
Vlan1                      unassigned      YES unset  down                  down    
Vlan2                      xx.xx.xx.114 YES NVRAM  up                    up      
Vlan5                      xx.xx.xx.142   YES NVRAM  up                    up      
Vlan10                     xx.xx.xx.50   YES NVRAM  up                    up      
Vlan75                     xx.xx.xx.122   YES NVRAM  up                    up    

#conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
(config)#int gi0/0
(config-if)#shut
(config-if)#no shut
(config-if)#^Z
#show ip int b
Interface                  IP-Address      OK? Method Status                Protocol
Embedded-Service-Engine0/0 unassigned      YES NVRAM  administratively down down    
GigabitEthernet0/0         xx.xx.xx.18   YES NVRAM  down                  down    
GigabitEthernet0/1         xx.xx.xx9      YES manual down                  down    
GigabitEthernet0/1.1       unassigned      YES unset  down                  down    
GigabitEthernet0/2         xx.xx.xx.2   YES NVRAM  up                    up      
FastEthernet0/1/0          unassigned      YES unset  up                    up      
FastEthernet0/1/1          unassigned      YES unset  up                    up      
FastEthernet0/1/2          unassigned      YES unset  up                    up      
FastEthernet0/1/3          unassigned      YES unset  up                    up      
NVI0                       unassigned      YES unset  up                    up      
Tunnel1                    xx.xx.xx.9        YES NVRAM  up                    down    
Tunnel2                    xx.xx.xx.9   YES NVRAM  up                    down    
Tunnel3                    172.16.2.2      YES NVRAM  up                    down    
Vlan1                      unassigned      YES unset  down                  down    
Vlan2                      xx.xx.xx.114 YES NVRAM  up                    up      
Vlan5                      xx.xx.xx.142   YES NVRAM  up                    up      
Vlan10                     xx.xx.xx.50   YES NVRAM  up                    up      
Vlan75                     xx.xx.xx.122   YES NVRAM  up                    up    

#sh int gi0/0  <-- THIS INTERFACE & GI0/1 WENT DOWN
GigabitEthernet0/0 is down, line protocol is down
  Hardware is CN Gigabit Ethernet, address is 84b8.02f2.e390 (bia 84b8.02f2.e390
)
  Description: 42MBPS link
  Internet address is xx.xx.xx.XXX/30
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 100000 Kbit/sec, DLY 100 usec,
     reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
  Keepalive set (10 sec)
  Auto Duplex, Auto Speed, media type is RJ45
  output flow-control is unsupported, input flow-control is unsupported
  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
  Last input 01:53:44, output 01:53:40, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
  Input queue: 0/75/0/353 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 135917
  Queueing strategy: fifo
  Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
  30 second input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  30 second output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
     1000028587 packets input, 3309242993 bytes, 135339 no buffer
     Received 149347 broadcasts (0 IP multicasts)
     0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
     0 watchdog, 0 multicast, 0 pause input
     3539296076 packets output, 2116284506 bytes, 0 underruns
     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 1 interface resets
     0 unknown protocol drops
     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
     1 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 24849 pause output
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out

XXXXXXX#sh int gi0/2 <-- THIS INTERFACE WAS UP AND WORKING

GigabitEthernet0/2 is up, line protocol is up
  Hardware is CN Gigabit Ethernet, address is 84b8.02f2.e392 (bia 84b8.02f2.e392
)
  Description: ASA OUTSIDE
  Internet address is xx.xx.xx.XXX/24
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit/sec, DLY 10 usec,
     reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
  Keepalive set (10 sec)
  Auto Duplex, Auto Speed, media type is RJ45
  output flow-control is unsupported, input flow-control is unsupported
  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
  Last input 01:59:04, output 01:41:46, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
  Input queue: 0/75/0/1806 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 9
  Queueing strategy: fifo
  Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
  30 second input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  30 second output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
     1387194064 packets input, 2665815417 bytes, 0 no buffer
     Received 368 broadcasts (0 IP multicasts)
     0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     150855 input errors, 0 CRC, 1 frame, 150853 overrun, 0 ignored
0 watchdog, 0 multicast, 0 pause input
     3747736113 packets output, 2139195830 bytes, 0 underruns
     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
     0 unknown protocol drops
     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
     1 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 pause output
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out


sh buffer                     
Buffer elements:
     1254 in free list
     415111098 hits, 0 misses, 1242 created

Public buffer pools:
Small buffers, 104 bytes (total 60, permanent 50, peak 114 @ 2w3d):
     31 in free list (20 min, 150 max allowed)
     149871475 hits, 8751 misses, 10047 trims, 10057 created
     369 failures (0 no memory)
Middle buffers, 600 bytes (total 25, permanent 25, peak 74 @ 1w3d):
     24 in free list (10 min, 150 max allowed)
     41227352 hits, 1688 misses, 1496 trims, 1496 created
     318 failures (0 no memory)
Big buffers, 1536 bytes (total 48, permanent 50, peak 158 @ 7w0d):
     48 in free list (5 min, 150 max allowed)
     148839972 hits, 474 misses, 346 trims, 344 created
     230 failures (0 no memory)
VeryBig buffers, 4520 bytes (total 10, permanent 10, peak 11 @ 7w0d):
     10 in free list (0 min, 100 max allowed)
     847 hits, 133 misses, 4 trims, 4 created
     133 failures (0 no memory)
Large buffers, 5024 bytes (total 1, permanent 0, peak 3 @ 3w3d):
     1 in free list (0 min, 10 max allowed)
  8 hits, 131 misses, 710 trims, 711 created
     130 failures (0 no memory)
Huge buffers, 18024 bytes (total 5, permanent 0, peak 10 @ 7w0d):
     5 in free list (4 min, 10 max allowed)
     2821 hits, 126 misses, 1428 trims, 1433 created
     115 failures (0 no memory)

Interface buffer pools:
CF Small buffers, 104 bytes (total 101, permanent 100, peak 101 @ 7w0d):
     101 in free list (100 min, 200 max allowed)
     0 hits, 0 misses, 706 trims, 707 created
     0 failures (0 no memory)
Generic ED Pool buffers, 512 bytes (total 101, permanent 100, peak 101 @ 7w0d):
     101 in free list (100 min, 100 max allowed)
     0 hits, 0 misses
CF Middle buffers, 600 bytes (total 101, permanent 100, peak 101 @ 7w0d):
     101 in free list (100 min, 200 max allowed)
     0 hits, 0 misses, 706 trims, 707 created
     0 failures (0 no memory)
Syslog ED Pool buffers, 600 bytes (total 133, permanent 132, peak 133 @ 7w0d):
     101 in free list (132 min, 132 max allowed)
     1509 hits, 0 misses
CF Big buffers, 1536 bytes (total 26, permanent 25, peak 26 @ 7w0d):
 26 in free list (25 min, 50 max allowed)
     0 hits, 0 misses, 706 trims, 707 created
     0 failures (0 no memory)
IPC buffers, 4096 bytes (total 2, permanent 2):
     1 in free list (1 min, 8 max allowed)
     1 hits, 0 fallbacks, 0 trims, 0 created
     0 failures (0 no memory)
CF VeryBig buffers, 4520 bytes (total 3, permanent 2, peak 3 @ 7w0d):
     3 in free list (2 min, 4 max allowed)
     0 hits, 0 misses, 706 trims, 707 created
     0 failures (0 no memory)
CF Large buffers, 5024 bytes (total 2, permanent 1, peak 2 @ 7w0d):
     2 in free list (1 min, 2 max allowed)
     0 hits, 0 misses, 706 trims, 707 created
     0 failures (0 no memory)
IPC Medium buffers, 16384 bytes (total 2, permanent 2):
     2 in free list (1 min, 8 max allowed)
     0 hits, 0 fallbacks, 0 trims, 0 created
     0 failures (0 no memory)
IPC Large buffers, 65535 bytes (total 17, permanent 16, peak 17 @ 7w0d):
     17 in free list (16 min, 16 max allowed)
     0 hits, 0 misses, 114235 trims, 114236 created
     0 failures (0 no memory)

Header pools:
Header buffers, 0 bytes (total 768, permanent 768):
     256 in free list (128 min, 1024 max allowed)
     512 hits, 0 misses, 0 trims, 0 created
     0 failures (0 no memory)
     512 max cache size, 512 in cache
     12171333 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache

Particle Clones:
     1024 clones, 0 hits, 0 misses

Public particle pools:
F/S buffers, 1664 bytes (total 768, permanent 768):
     256 in free list (128 min, 1024 max allowed)
     512 hits, 0 misses, 0 trims, 0 created
     0 failures (0 no memory)
     512 max cache size, 512 in cache
     0 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache
Normal buffers, 1676 bytes (total 3840, permanent 3840):
     3840 in free list (128 min, 4096 max allowed)
     279 hits, 0 misses, 0 trims, 0 created
     0 failures (0 no memory)

Private particle pools:
HQF Particle buffers, 0 bytes (total 2000, permanent 2000):
     2000 in free list (500 min, 2000 max allowed)
     0 hits, 0 misses, 0 trims, 0 created
     0 failures (0 no memory)
IDS SM buffers, 240 bytes (total 128, permanent 128):
     0 in free list (0 min, 128 max allowed)
     128 hits, 0 fallbacks
     128 max cache size, 128 in cache
     0 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache
FastEthernet0/1/0 buffers, 1548 bytes (total 128, permanent 128):
     0 in free list (0 min, 128 max allowed)
     128 hits, 279 fallbacks
     128 max cache size, 64 in cache
     2789312635 hits in cache, 215 misses in cache
GigabitEthernet0/0 buffers, 1664 bytes (total 1024, permanent 1024):
     0 in free list (0 min, 1024 max allowed)
     1024 hits, 0 fallbacks
     1024 max cache size, 768 in cache
     1001136832 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache

GigabitEthernet0/1 buffers, 1664 bytes (total 1024, permanent 1024):
     0 in free list (0 min, 1024 max allowed)
     1024 hits, 0 fallbacks
     1024 max cache size, 768 in cache
     7359 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache
GigabitEthernet0/2 buffers, 1664 bytes (total 1024, permanent 1024):
     0 in free list (0 min, 1024 max allowed)
     1024 hits, 0 fallbacks
     1024 max cache size, 768 in cache
     1387196170 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache

#show logg
Oct 29 19:53:58.556 PST: %CRYPTO-4-RECVD_PKT_INV_SPI: decaps: rec'd IPSEC packet has invalid spi for destaddr=xx.xx.xx.122, prot=50, spi=0x47455420(1195725856), srcaddr=45.79.106.170, input interface=Vlan10
Oct 29 20:50:56.178 PST: %CRYPTO-4-RECVD_PKT_INV_SPI: decaps: rec'd IPSEC packet has invalid spi for destaddr=xx.xx.xx.32, prot=50, spi=0x47455420(1195725856), srcaddr=45.79.106.170, input interface=GigabitEthernet0/0
Oct 30 02:13:22.840 PST: %CRYPTO-4-RECVD_PKT_INV_SPI: decaps: rec'd IPSEC packet has invalid spi for destaddr=xx.xx.xx.18, prot=50, spi=0x9146DA5F(2437339743), srcaddr=58.27.215.165, input interface=GigabitEthernet0/0
Oct 30 05:28:32.533 PST: %CRYPTO-4-RECVD_PKT_INV_SPI: decaps: rec'd IPSEC packet has invalid spi for destaddr=xx.xx.xx.144, prot=50, spi=0x30303030(808464432), srcaddr=125.212.217.214, input interface=Vlan5
Oct 30 10:25:54.431 PST: %CRYPTO-4-RECVD_PKT_INV_SPI: decaps: rec'd IPSEC packet has invalid spi for destaddr=xx.xx.xx.145, prot=50, spi=0x47455420(1195725856), srcaddr=45.79.106.170, input interface=Vlan5
Oct 30 13:42:03.742 PST: %CRYPTO-4-RECVD_PKT_INV_SPI: decaps: rec'd IPSEC packet has invalid spi for destaddr=xx.xx.xx.145, prot=50, spi=0x30303030(808464432), srcaddr=198.20.99.130, input interface=Vlan5
Oct 30 15:32:01.167 PST: %CRYPTO-4-RECVD_PKT_INV_SPI: decaps: rec'd IPSEC packet has invalid spi for destaddr=xx.xx.xx.18, prot=50, spi=0x86F47665(2264168037), srcaddr=203.128.252.110, input interface=GigabitEthernet0/0
Oct 30 15:56:48.057 PST: %CRYPTO-4-RECVD_PKT_INV_SPI: decaps: rec'd IPSEC packet has invalid spi for destaddr=xx.xx.xx.18, prot=50, spi=0x7B224248(2065842760), srcaddr=182.180.166.56, input interface=GigabitEthernet0/0
Oct 30 18:04:10.283 PST: %CRYPTO-4-RECVD_PKT_INV_SPI: decaps: rec'd IPSEC packet has invalid spi for destaddr=xx.xx.xx.18, prot=50, spi=0x55B1163F(1437668927), srcaddr=58.27.215.165, input interface=GigabitEthernet0/0
Oct 30 20:57:33.088 PST: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet0/0, changed state to down
Oct 30 20:58:21.108 PST: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet0/1, changed state to down
Spoiler
 

Hello,

 

sounds like some sort of memory leak...

 

Try and upgrade to 15.7.3M3...

Ok, I will try upgrading the IOS. But for clarification, I wanted to ask if the memory leaks reflect in show process memory command? I checked memory right after the issue and a lot of memory was free. Here is the output. 

 

#show process mem
Processor Pool Total: 1352702428 Used:  141130184 Free: 1211572244
      I/O Pool Total:   41943040 Used:   18626992 Free:   23316048

 PID TTY  Allocated      Freed    Holding    Getbufs    Retbufs Process
   0   0  179834676   92309232   82031900        662   16601618 *Init*          
   0   0      12788    6363868      12788         41         41 *Sched*         
   0   0  130400404  125831484    1354648        243        241 *Dead*          
   0   0          0          0     591704          0          0 *MallocLite*    
   1   0  174919828  124940728   49986364          0          0 Chunk Manager   
   2   0        240        240       4264          0          0 Load Meter      
   3   0      29480        808      54608          0          0 LICENSE AGENT   
   4   0      65588          0      90852          0          0 EDDRI_MAIN      
   5   0          0          0       7264          0          0 RO Notify Timers
   6   0       3376        240      10400          0          0 Check heaps     
   7   0 3417623384 3420550608     256536         49          0 Pool Manager    
   8   0          0          0       7264          0          0 DiscardQ Backgro
   9   0        240        240       7264          0          0 Timers          
  10   0          0          0       4264          0          0 WATCH_AFS       
  11   0          0          0       7264          0          0 License Client N
  12   0          0          0       7264          0          0 Image License br
  13   0   27915784   27916516       7264          0          0 Licensing Auto U
  14   0     183456      17316     181372          0          0 RF Slave Main Th
  15   0          0          0       4264          0          0 RMI RM Notify Wa
  16   0        240        240       7264          0          0 Environmental mo
  17   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IPC Event Notifi
  18   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IPC Dynamic Cach
  19   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IPC Session Serv
  20   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IPC Zone Manager
  21   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IPC Periodic Tim
  22   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IPC Deferred Por
  23   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IPC Process leve
  24   0       2104          0       9368          0          0 IPC Seat Manager
  25   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IPC Check Queue 
  26   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IPC Seat RX Cont
  27   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IPC Seat TX Cont
  28   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IPC Keep Alive M
  29   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IPC Loadometer  
  30   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IPC Session Deta
  31   0          0          0      25264          0          0 Crash writer    
  32   0        380          0       7644          0          0 Exception contro
  33   0          0          0       7128          0          0 CRYPTO IKMP IPC 
  34   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IFS Agent Manage
  35   0      29360      12600      24024   13343527   13343527 ARP Input       
  36   0  177766548  177766548       7264       9333       9333 ARP Background  
  37   0        240        240       7264          0          0 ATM Idle Timer  
  38   0          0          0       7264          0          0 ATM ASYNC PROC  
  39   0          0          0       7264          0          0 CEF MIB API     
  40   0          0          0       7264          0          0 AAA_SERVER_DEADT
  41   0          0          0      13264          0          0 Policy Manager  
  42   0        240        240       7264          0          0 DDR Timers      
  43   0      29024        340      36208         43         43 Entity MIB API  
  44   0        240        240       7264          0          0 PrstVbl         
  45   0        240        240       7264          0          0 Serial Backgroun
  46   0          0          0      13264          0          0 License IPC stat
  47   0          0          0      13264          0          0 License IPC serv
 PID TTY  Allocated      Freed    Holding    Getbufs    Retbufs Process
  48   0        240        240       7264          0          0 SMART           
  49   0       1688          0       8952          0          0 RF SCTPthread   
  50   0       1688          0       8952          0          0 CHKPT RG SCTPthr
  51   0          0          0       7264   13180459   13180459 ARP Snoop       
  52   0        240        240       7264          0          0 GraphIt         
  53   0        240        240      13264          0          0 Dialer event    
  54   0          0          0       7264          0          0 SERIAL A'detect 
  55   0        240        240      13264          0          0 XML Proxy Client
  56   0          0       6232       7264          0          0 crypto sw pk pro
  57   0        240        240       7264          0          0 ISM-VPN main    
  58   0          0          0       7264          0          0 ISM-VPN Cleanup 
  59   0          0          0       7264          0          0 Critical Bkgnd  
  60   0     228776       6712      19792    2051211    2051211 Net Background  
  61   0       2280       2280      13264          0          0 IDB Work        
  62   0        240        240      13264       2939       2939 Logger          
  63   0      77160      10388       7264          0          0 TTY Background  
  65   0       1044          0      14308          0          0 CTS CORE        
  66   0       1044      20320      14068          0          0 SXP CORE        
  67   0      67132          0      74396          0          0 IF-MGR control p
  68   0      27468          0      17316         36         36 IF-MGR event pro
  69   0          0          0       4264          0          0 Inode Table Dest
  70   0          0          0       7264          0          0 cpf_msg_holdq_pr
  71   0          0          0       7264          0          0 cpf_msg_rcvq_pro
  72   0          0          0       7264          0          0 cpf_process_tpQ 
  73   0          0          0       7264          0          0 CHKPT Test clien
  74   0          0          0       7264          0          0 CHKPT Test clien
  75   0          0          0       7264          0          0 CHKPT Test clien
  76   0          0          0       7264          0          0 CHKPT Test clien
  77   0          0          0       7264          0          0 CHKPT Test clien
  78   0          0          0       7264          0          0 CHKPT Test clien
  79   0          0          0       7264          0          0 CHKPT Test clien
  80   0          0          0       7264          0          0 CHKPT Test clien
  81   0          0          0       7264          0          0 CHKPT Test clien
  82   0          0          0       7264          0          0 CHKPT Test clien
  83   0          0          0       7264          0          0 CHKPT Test clien
  84   0          0          0      13264          0          0 Crypto PKI-HA   
  85   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IKE HA Mgr      
  86   0          0          0       7264          0          0 IPSEC HA Mgr    
  87   0        240        240       7264          0          0 TDM Management  
  88   0      18420      10588      11084          0          0 RF Master Main T
  89   0       1688          0       8952          0          0 RF Master Status
  90   0          0          0       7264       8589       8589 Net Input       
  91   0        240        240       7264          0          0 Compute load avg
  92   0          0       3692       7264          0          0 Per-minute Jobs 
  93   0  147728820  147600472     138612   11197661   11197661 Per-Second Jobs 
  94   0          0          0       7264          0          0 AggMgr Process  
  95   0          0          0       7264          0          0 Token Daemon    
  96   0          0    1838896       7264          0          0 Transport Port A
  97   0          0          0       7264          0          0 HC Counter Timer
  98   0        240        240       7264          0          0 SM Monitor      
  99   0        240        240       7264          0          0 Bryce I2C CMD Qu
 100   0        240        240      13264          0          0 SM Installer    
 101   0          0          0       4264          0          0 dev_device_inser
 102   0          0          0       4264          0          0 dev_device_remov
 103   0          0          0      13264          0          0 sal_dpc_process 

Ok. I will upgrade and get back.

Leo Laohoo
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@Jameel Ahmed wrote:

Cisco IOS Software, C2900 Software (C2900-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.6(3)M, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) 


I think you need to upgrade the IOS.  

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