input drops on trunk due to keepalives

[chandu.84]

we have a setup 6500-------> 2970

Not much traffic on a trunk but we have quite a lot of input drops on 2970

but the input drops dissapears if i disable keepalives

can someone help me out with this ?

6506 interface :

interface FastEthernet3/15
 switchport
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk allowed vlan 45
 switchport mode trunk
 switchport nonegotiate
 no ip address
 no logging event link-status
 load-interval 30
 speed 100
 duplex full
 no snmp trap link-status

FastEthernet3/15 is up, line protocol is up (connected)
  Hardware is C6k 100Mb 802.3, address is 0012.dafe.85be (bia 0012.dafe.85be)
  Description: SRC=VL-MO-RI009-Fas3-15, DST=VL-DV-SG001-Gig0-24
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 100000 Kbit, DLY 100 usec, 
     reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
  Keepalive set (10 sec)
  Full-duplex, 100Mb/s
  input flow-control is off, output flow-control is unsupported 
  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
  Last input 00:00:32, output 00:00:01, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters 2w3d
  Input queue: 0/2000/165204/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
  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
     809897 packets input, 478719601 bytes, 0 no buffer
     Received 50975 broadcasts (37132 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
     0 input packets with dribble condition detected
     3045538 packets output, 247983738 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 PAUSE output
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
 
 
 2970 configuration:
 
 
 
 
 
interface GigabitEthernet0/24
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk allowed vlan 45
 switchport mode trunk
 switchport nonegotiate
 no ip address
 duplex full
 speed 100
 no mdix auto
 
 
 
GigabitEthernet0/24 is up, line protocol is up (connected)
  Hardware is Gigabit Ethernet, address is 0011.92c6.e498 (bia 0011.92c6.e498)
  Description: SRC=VL-DV-SG001-Gig0-24, DST=VL-MO-RI009-Fas3-15
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 100000 Kbit, DLY 100 usec, 
     reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
  Keepalive set (10 sec)
  Full-duplex, 100Mb/s
  input flow-control is off, output flow-control is off
  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
  Last input 00:00:01, output 00:00:05, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
  Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
  Queueing strategy: fifo
  Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
  5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
     2806097 packets input, 228508296 bytes, 0 no buffer
     Received 2430932 broadcasts (0 multicast)
     0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
     0 watchdog, 2212762 multicast, 0 pause input
     0 input packets with dribble condition detected
     762370 packets output, 463878259 bytes, 0 underruns
     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 1 interface resets
     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
     0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 PAUSE output
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out

[smogra]

Please clear the counters once and run the command 'sh int fa3/15" few times to see if the input queue drops increment. From the output

Input queue: 0/2000/165204/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0

there seems to be no packet clogged in the queue currently.

The system counts input queue drops if the number of packet buffers       allocated to the interface is exhausted or reaches its maximum  threshold. You       can increase the maximum queue value with the hold-queue command for each interface       (the queue length value can be between 0 and 4096. The default value  is       75).

Refer to this link as well. This will highlight more on the input queue drops.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps133/products_tech_note09186a0080094791.shtml

Cheers

Sweta

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[chandu.84]

Thanx for getting back to me Sweta

The thing is there is no traffic passing through the interface so there should not be any input Queue and there should not be any input drops and the input drops dissappear when i disable keepalives.

By default keepalives are for 10sec and for ethernet interfaces, keepalives are sent to the same interface to check if the interface is alive and for every 1 min i see 6 input drops which represents that all the keepalives are dropping.

and i see drops only on 6500 end not on 2970.