Avaya Troubleshooting Routers Troubleshooting guide

Part No. 117379-A Rev. A

September 1997

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Contents

About This Guide

Before You Begin .............................................................................................................xvi

Conventions ....................................................................................................................xvii

Acronyms .......................................................................................................................xviii

Ordering Bay Networks Publications ..............................................................................xxii

Bay Networks Customer Service ...................................................................................xxiii

How to Get Help ............................................................................................................xxiii

Chapter 1

Introduction

Preventing Problems ......................................................................................................1-1

Reading the Release Notes and Relevant Documentation ......................................1-2

Minimizing Disruption When Installing New Software ..............................................1-2

Selecting the Proper Tool for Conﬁguring a Router ..................................................1-2

Saving Your Conﬁguration Changes .........................................................................1-3

Backing Up Your Files ..............................................................................................1-3

Maintaining Consistent Files in Multiple Flash Memory Cards ................................1-3

Handling Flash Memory Cards to Prevent Static Damage .......................................1-4

Responding to a Failed prom Command .................................................................1-4

Preparing to Troubleshoot ...............................................................................................1-4

Getting Acquainted with the Troubleshooting Tools ..................................................1-4

Using the System Log to Display Event Messages ...........................................1-5

Displaying and Changing Conﬁguration Settings and Statistics ......................1-10

Using the ping Command ................................................................................1-20

Using the Packet Capture Tool .........................................................................1-20

Using Inbound Telnet to Access the Technician Interface ................................1-21

Taking a Snapshot of Your Network ........................................................................1-22

Documenting Each Step ...............................................................................................1-23

Performing One Corrective Task at a Time ...................................................................1-24

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Chapter 2

Determining the Scope of a Problem

Chapter 3

Troubleshooting an Operational Problem

Damaged Router ............................................................................................................3-2

Power Problem ...............................................................................................................3-2

Blown Fuse .....................................................................................................................3-2

LEDs Are Off ..................................................................................................................3-3

Router Won’t Boot ..........................................................................................................3-3

Checking the Boot PROMs .............................................................................................3-6

Making Sure the Router Software Image Is Correct .......................................................3-6

Making Sure All Slots Use the Same Router Software Image and Conﬁguration File ...3-6

Verifying That the Router Software Images in Each Processor Match .....................3-7

Verifying That the Conﬁguration Files in Each Processor Match .............................3-9

Lost Password (BN Routers) ........................................................................................3-10

No Space Left on Memory Card ...................................................................................3-11

Memory or Buffer Problem ...........................................................................................3-12

Bad Forward Receive Buffer Checksum Errors ............................................................3-17

Finding the Slot That Sent a Bad Backplane BofL Packet .....................................3-18

Finding the Slot That Sent a Bad Packet That Was Not a BofL Packet ..................3-19

Fault Message ..............................................................................................................3-20

Chapter 4

Troubleshooting a Physical Media Problem

Making Sure the Link Module Is Working .......................................................................4-1

Determining the Media-Speciﬁc State ............................................................................4-1

Troubleshooting the Cable Connection ...........................................................................4-3

Chapter 5

Troubleshooting a Data Link Layer Problem

Troubleshooting an ATM Connection ..............................................................................5-2

Interface Problems ...................................................................................................5-2

Dropped Frames ................................................................................................5-5

ATM VC Mod Failed Message ...........................................................................5-5

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Upper-Layer Protocols Failing to Pass Packets .................................................5-6

PVC Problems ...................................................................................................5-7

Troubleshooting ATM LANE .....................................................................................5-7

Troubleshooting an Ethernet Connection .......................................................................5-9

Troubleshooting a FDDI Connection .............................................................................5-14

Troubleshooting a Frame Relay Connection .................................................................5-17

Log Messages from Frame Relay Indicate Circuit Is Down ...................................5-17

Frame Relay Switch Keeps Marking the Circuit as Down ......................................5-18

Frame Relay Circuit Up, but Protocol Data Is Not Transmitting ..............................5-18

PVC Transmitting, but Not Receiving .....................................................................5-18

Frame Relay Conﬁgured with LMI Invokes an Xoff State .......................................5-19

Troubleshooting an MCT1 Connection .........................................................................5-20

Troubleshooting a Synchronous Connection ................................................................5-22

Checking the Address Format (Bay Networks Standard Only) ..............................5-24

Troubleshooting a Synchronous to X.21 Connection .............................................5-24

Reception Errors Incrementing or Reception Count Not Incrementing ..................5-24

Troubleshooting the Internal Clock Settings (Lab Environments Only) ..................5-26

Troubleshooting a Token Ring Connection ...................................................................5-27

Troubleshooting Other Data Link Layer Protocols ........................................................5-29

Chapter 6

Troubleshooting a Network Layer Problem

Troubleshooting AppleTalk ..............................................................................................6-2

Local Net Range Conﬂict Event Message ................................................................6-3

Zone . . . Conﬂict Event Message .............................................................................6-3

Static Conﬁguration Conﬂict Event Message ...........................................................6-4

Troubleshooting DLSw ....................................................................................................6-4

Troubleshooting IP ..........................................................................................................6-6

Troubleshooting Telnet, FTP, and TFTP ...................................................................6-8

Ping Does Not Work .................................................................................................6-9

Router Cannot Ping Another Local Device ......................................................6-10

Router Cannot Ping Endstation, Can Ping Other Endstations on the

Same Segment ................................................................................................6-11

Endstation Cannot Ping the Remote Interface on the Router ..........................6-11

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Endstation Can Ping Devices on the Same Segment, but Cannot Ping

the Router ........................................................................................................6-12

Endstation Can Ping Local and Remote Interfaces on the Router, but

Cannot Ping a Remote Station ........................................................................6-14

Troubleshooting RIP ...............................................................................................6-14

Troubleshooting OSPF ...........................................................................................6-15

Troubleshooting IPX .....................................................................................................6-16

Troubleshooting OSI .....................................................................................................6-21

Troubleshooting Switched Services ..............................................................................6-23

Master Cannot Connect to Slave ...........................................................................6-25

Troubleshooting RS-232 Raise DTR Dial Services ................................................6-25

Troubleshooting V.35 Raise DTR Dial (Balanced) ..................................................6-26

Troubleshooting ISDN BRI and PRI .......................................................................6-27

Troubleshooting Other Network Layer Protocols ..........................................................6-30

Chapter 7

Troubleshooting a Site Manager Problem

Site Manager Won’t Start ...............................................................................................7-1

Site Manager Won’t Start on a PC ...........................................................................7-1

Cannot Find File Message .................................................................................7-2

Working Directory or Path Is Invalid Message ...................................................7-3

Unable to Find UDP Port Numbers for SNMP Message ...................................7-3

Site Manager Won’t Start on a UNIX Workstation ....................................................7-3

Unable to Load SNMP MIB or File Was Inaccessible Message ........................7-4

Unable to Run . . . Module Message ..................................................................7-4

Cannot Establish a Site Manager Session with the Router ............................................7-5

Using an Alternative Site Manager Workstation to Enable Access ..........................7-5

Using the Technician Interface to Enable Access ....................................................7-6

Cannot Connect Site Manager Running on a PC ....................................................7-7

Cannot Connect Site Manager Running on a UNIX Workstation .............................7-8

Target Does Not Respond (or Similar Message) ......................................................7-9

Cannot Allocate Colormap Message ..............................................................................7-9

UNIX Workstation Generating Core Dumps ...................................................................7-9

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Chapter 8

Getting Help

Reporting a Problem to the Bay Networks Technical Solutions Center ..........................8-1

Sending and Retrieving Files ..........................................................................................8-3

Appendix A

Reading the Event Log

System Startup .............................................................................................................. A-2

Dial-on-Demand Raise DTR Log ................................................................................. A-18

Dial-on-Demand V.25bis .............................................................................................. A-23

MCT1 Log Information in a Lab Environment .............................................................. A-29

Appendix B

Using the Technician Interface to Conﬁgure and Run Packet Capture

Overview ........................................................................................................................ B-2

Implementation Notes .................................................................................................... B-4

Getting Started .............................................................................................................. B-5

Preparing Packet Capture to Run ........................................................................... B-5

Assigning the Processors to Run Packet Capture ............................................ B-5

Creating an Instance of Packet Capture ........................................................... B-7

Allocating Memory for the Packet Capture File ............................................... B-11

Specifying the Number of Bytes in Each Packet to Copy ............................... B-12

Enabling Packet Capture ................................................................................ B-12

Starting Packet Capture ........................................................................................ B-13

Terminating Packet Capture .................................................................................. B-13

Using the Technician Interface to Display a Packet Capture File .......................... B-14

Deleting a Packet Capture Instance ...................................................................... B-17

Using Optional Features .............................................................................................. B-18

Conﬁguring the Direction of the Packets to Be Copied ......................................... B-18

Conﬁguring a Termination Trigger ......................................................................... B-19

Assigning Filters .................................................................................................... B-21

Setting the Filter Response to a Match .......................................................... B-22

Specifying the String to Compare with the Packet Data ................................. B-23

Specifying the Data to Compare with the String ............................................. B-23

Selecting the Number of Filters That Must Match ........................................... B-26

Conﬁguration Examples .............................................................................................. B-27

Displaying the Current Packet Capture Conﬁguration Settings ................................... B-30

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Displaying Event Messages Issued by Packet Capture ............................................... B-31

Using a Sun Workstation or DOS PC to Display Packets ............................................ B-31

Getting the Name of the Packet Capture File ........................................................ B-32

Using FTP to Transfer the File ............................................................................... B-32

Using TFTP to Transfer the File ............................................................................. B-33

Using XMODEM to Transfer the File ..................................................................... B-35

Displaying the File with Packet Dump ................................................................... B-35

Converting a Packet Capture File to Network General Sniffer Format ........................ B-36

Reference Guide to Packet Capture ............................................................................ B-38

Displaying the Packet Capture Attribute Names and Numbers ............................. B-38

Packet Capture Parameter Descriptions ............................................................... B-39

Basic Parameters ........................................................................................... B-40

Trigger Parameters ......................................................................................... B-45

Filter Parameters ............................................................................................ B-46

Media-Speciﬁc Instructions and Examples ........................................................... B-51

CSMA/CD ....................................................................................................... B-51

Protocols Supported by Synchronous, T1, E1, and MCT1 Media .................. B-52

Token Ring ...................................................................................................... B-56

FDDI ............................................................................................................... B-56

HSSI ............................................................................................................... B-56

ISDN ............................................................................................................... B-57

Interpreting a Packet Capture Instance Number ................................................... B-57

Appendix C

Packet Conﬁguration

Using the Line Subcommand ........................................................................................C-2

Using the Load Subcommand .......................................................................................C-5

Using the Unload Subcommand ....................................................................................C-5

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Figures

Figure 1-1. Filtering Parameters Window ...................................................................1-6

Figure 3-1. Verifying the Slot ID on an ASN ...............................................................3-5

Figure 3-2. Finding the Slot Receiving Buffer Checksum Errors ..............................3-17

Figure 3-3. Finding the Slot Number When the Buffer Checksum Message

Does Not Reference a Backplane BofL Packet ......................................3-19

Figure 6-1. Comparing the Endstation and Router Conﬁgurations ..........................6-13

Figure 7-1. Cannot Find File Error Message ..............................................................7-2

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Tables

Table 1-1. Technician Interface Event Message Filters .............................................1-7

Table 1-2. Example of an Object Named House .....................................................1-12

Table 3-1. ASN Front-Panel Status Indicators ..........................................................3-4

Table 3-2. ASN Rear-Panel SPEX Module Status Indicators ...................................3-4

Table 3-3. Memory Available for Router Processor Types ......................................3-13

Table 4-1. State Attribute Values ...............................................................................4-2

Table 5-1. First Set of ATM Interface MIB Objects to View .......................................5-3

Table 5-2. ATM Interface Attributes for Troubleshooting ...........................................5-3

Table 5-3. Second Set of ATM Interface MIB Objects to View ..................................5-4

Table 5-4. Troubleshooting Dropped Frames ............................................................5-5

Table 5-5. Error Codes in the “ATM VC mod failed” Log Message ...........................5-6

Table 5-6. ATM LANE MIB Objects to View ..............................................................5-8

Table B-1. Packet Capture Module Numbers for ARN Interfaces

(Except Synchronous) ............................................................................. B-4

Table B-2. Determining the Slot Mask ...................................................................... B-6

Table B-3. Structure of a Line Number ................................................................... B-58

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About This Guide

If you are responsible for isolating and solving problems associated with Bay

Networks

®

routers, read this guide.

This guide assumes you have the following background:

• Experience conﬁguring and managing Bay Networks routers

• A working knowledge of Site Manager and the Technician Interface

• A working knowledge of the protocols running on your routers

If you want to Go to

Prevent problems and prepare to troubleshoot Chapter

1

Determine the scope of a problem Chapter 2

Solve problems with the basic operation of hardware and software Chapter 3

Solve physical media problems Chapter 4

Solve data link layer problems Chapter 5

Solve network layer problems Chapter 6

Solve Site Manager problems Chapter 7

Report problems to the Bay Networks Technical Solutions Center Chapter 8

Read and understand the event log Appendix A

Use the Technician Interface to conﬁgure and run Packet Capture Appendix B

Conﬁgure the Packet Capture utility Appendix C

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Before You Begin

Before using this guide to solve a problem, see the following documents:

• Release Notes for Router Software Version 12.00

• Release Notes for Site Manager Software Version 6.00

• Known Anomalies: Router Software 12.00 and Site Manager 6.00

This guide assumes that you also have access to the following Bay Networks

manuals, which are on the CD-ROM:

• Using Technician Interface Software

• Using Technician Interface Scripts

• Conﬁguring and Managing Routers with Site Manager

• Event Messages for Routers

• The manuals associated with the software you are using

Make sure that you are running the latest version of Bay Networks Site Manager

and router software. For instructions, see

Upgrading Routers from Version

7–11.xx to Version 12.00

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Conventions

angle brackets (< >) Indicate that you choose the text to enter based on the

description inside the brackets. Do not type the

brackets when entering the command.

Example: if command syntax is

ping

<ip_address>

,

you enter

ping 192.32.10.12

bold text

Indicates text that you need to enter, command names,

and buttons in menu paths.

Example: Enter

wfsm &

Example: Use the

dinfo

command.

Example: ATM DXI > Interfaces >

PVCs

identiﬁes the

PVCs button in the window that appears when you

select the Interfaces option from the ATM DXI menu.

brackets ([ ]) Indicate optional elements. You can choose none, one,

or all of the options.

ellipsis points Horizontal (. . .) and vertical ellipsis points indicate

omitted information.

italic text

Indicates variable values in command syntax

descriptions, new terms, ﬁle and directory names, and

book titles.

quotation marks (“ ”) Indicate the title of a chapter or section within a book.

screen text

Indicates data that appears on the screen.

Example:

Set Bay Networks Trap Monitor Filters

separator ( > ) Separates menu and option names in instructions and

internal pin-to-pin wire connections.

Example: Protocols > AppleTalk identiﬁes the

AppleTalk option in the Protocols menu.

Example: Pin 7 > 19 > 20

vertical line (

|

) Indicates that you enter only one of the parts of the

command. The vertical line separates choices. Do not

type the vertical line when entering the command.

Example: If the command syntax is

show at routes

|

nets

,

you enter either

show at routes

or

show at nets

, but not both.

.

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Acronyms

AAL ATM adaptation layer

ACE Advanced Communications Engine

ALC adaptation layer control

AMI alternate mark inversion

ARP Address Resolution Protocol

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange

AT AppleTalk

ATM asynchronous transfer mode

AUI Attachment Unit Interface

B8ZS binary 8 zero substitution

BDR backup designated router

BECN backward explicit congestion notiﬁcation

BERT bit error rate test

BofL Breath of Life

BootP Bootstrap Protocol

BootPD BootP Daemon

BRI Basic Rate Interface

CCITT International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee

(now ITU-T)

CD carrier detect

CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

CID channel identiﬁer

CRC cyclic redundancy check

CRN call request number

CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access/collision detection

CSU channel service unit

CTS clear to send

DCE data communications equipment

DLCI data link connection identiﬁer

DLCMI Data Link Control Management Interface

DLSw data link switching

DOS Disk Operating System

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DP Data Path

DPRAM dual port RAM

DR designated router

DS directory service

DS1E1 multichannel T1/E1 driver service

DSAP destination service access point

DSL digital subscriber loop

DSR data set ready

DSU digital service unit

DTE data terminal equipment

DTR data terminal ready

EIA Electronic Industries Association

ESF extended super frame

FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FDL facility data link

FECN forward explicit congestion notiﬁcation

FRE Fast Routing Engine

FRE-2 Fast Routing Engine - 2

FSI FDDI System Interface

FSM ﬁnite state machine

FTP File Transfer Protocol

GAME Gate Access Management Entity

GFWD GAME forward

GH gate handle

GRPC GAME RPC

GUI graphical user interface

HDLC high-level data link control

HSSI high-speed serial interface

ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

ILACC integrated local area communications controller

IP Internet Protocol

IPX Internet Packet Exchange

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ISAP internal services access point

ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network

ISO International Organization for Standardization

ITU-T International Telecommunications Union - Telecommunications

sector (formerly CCITT)

LAN local area network

LAPB Link Access Procedure-Balanced

LB Learning Bridge

LBO line build out

LCP Link Control Protocol

LEC LAN emulation client

LECS LAN emulation conﬁguration server

LED light emitting diode

LLC logical link control

LSDB link state database

LSP link state packet

MAC media access control

MAU media access unit

MCT1 multichannel T1

MDI-X media-dependent interface with crossover

MIB management information base

MTU maximum transmission unit

NBMA nonbroadcast multi-access

NIS network information services

NVFS nonvolatile ﬁle system

OSI Open Systems Interconnection

OSPF Open Shortest Path First

PAP Password Authentication Protocol

PC personal computer (also, program counter)

PCAP Packet Capture utility

PCR peak cell rate

PDU protocol data unit

PPP Point-to-Point Protocol

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