I have an interesting problem. I have a 6509 that I'm trying to swap the GBIC on. The switch is already using a GLC-SX-MM GBIC and it is up/up and passing traffic, but we are getting some errors and suspect it may be faulty.
I went to replace the GBIC with one of the identical model - a GLC-SX-MM. It was brand new, never been opened. When the new GBIC is plugged in the link light on the switch goes completely off (not amber) and the port goes into a down/down (notconnect) state. There are no messages in the logs at all. It's like it doesn't even see it. If you plug the old GBIC back in then the link comes back up. I tried a different port with the same results.
Thinking that the new GBIC may be faulty (even though it was brand new) I tried a second GLX-SX-MM, also new. That one does the same thing.
At that point I thought there might be a problem with that switch, so I tried the GBICs on the other 6509 in that pair. The other 6509 is running the same hardware and software. The GBICs will not work there either. If you move the old, suspected faulty GBIC from 6509-2 to 6509-1 then that it works.
The solution would seem to be that I have two faulty GBICs, but I'm having trouble persuading myself that I have two new ones, straight out of the package, that are both bad. Are there any other things anyone can think to check on the switch? Here's the pertinent information:
switch#show ver
Cisco IOS Software, s72033_rp Software (s72033_rp-ADVIPSERVICESK9_WAN-M), Version 12.2(33)SXI3, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
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cisco WS-C6509-E (R7000) processor (revision 1.3) with 458720K/65536K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID SMG1109N3BK
SR71000 CPU at 600Mhz, Implementation 0x504, Rev 1.2, 512KB L2 Cache
Last reset from s/w reset
27 Virtual Ethernet interfaces
248 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
1 Ten Gigabit Ethernet interface
1917K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
8192K bytes of packet buffer memory.
switch#show module
Mod Ports Card Type Model Serial No.
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1 48 CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet WS-X6748-GE-TX
2 48 CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet WS-X6748-GE-TX
3 48 CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet WS-X6748-GE-TX
4 48 CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet WS-X6748-GE-TX
5 2 Supervisor Engine 720 (Active) WS-SUP720-3B
6 6 Firewall Module WS-SVC-FWM-1
7 1 Application Control Engine Module ACE20-MOD-K9
8 48 CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet WS-X6748-GE-TX
Thanks,
Josh
