Cat5000 to Centillion ATM troubles 1

[RouterDroid]

I cannot get ATM running between a Cat 5000 with a 1 port ATM card and a Centillion 100 with 4 port OC3 card. I have a PC with a 3COM ATM card attached to the C100 and the LANE pvcs come up on it when I put LANE on the C100. The C100 shows cells going but no receives, other than a lot of errors on the 'unknown vpi/vci'. The CAT reports '%ATM-3-FAILCREATEVC: ATM failed to create VC(VCD=1, VPI=0, VCI
=5) on Interface ATM0, (Cause of the failure: Failed to have the driver to accept the VC) when a ILMI or QSAAL vc is attempted. I changed cables and ports on the C100 - I can get the PC to work with any port but not the cat. I tried both scrambling and none, and UNI3.0, UNI3.1, and AUTO on the C100. I cannot find any great doc on the CAT commands, but I fiddled with various ATM options and did not find one that works. Maybe there is a combination that works - has anyone done this or heard of anyone who has?

Here are displays from the CAT:
ATM#sh controller
Catalyst 5000 ATM card Statistics
Number of Cells Received: 134
Number of Frames Received: 0
Number of received Cells dropped due to Unknown VC: 136
Number of received Cells dropped because buffer unavailable: 0
Number of received Frames dropped due to Re-Assembly Timeout: 0
Number of received Frames dropped due to CRC Error: 0
Number of received Frames dropped due to Buffer Overflow: 0
Number of received Frames dropped due to BIGA Overflow: 0
Number of received Frames dropped due to bad AAL5 length: 0

Number of Cells Transmitted: 0
Number of Frames Transmitted: 0
Number of Broadcast Frames Transmitted: 0
Number of Floods to color : 0
Number of start LEARP Events: 0

Number of IPC Frames Received: 356
Number of IPC Frames Transmitted: 267

Number of OAM Cells Received: 0
Number of OAM Cells Transmitted: 0

PMD Error Counts:
for PHY_A
Section BIP-8 errors (B1): 10
Line BIG-8/24 errors (B2): 42
Line FEBE errors (Z2): 110
Path BIP-8 errors (B3): 21
Path FEBE errors (G1): 53
Correctable HCS errors: 0
Uncorrectable HCS errors: 13
DEBUG0 :: 0

DEBUG1 :: 167

DEBUG2 :: 0

DEBUG3 :: 0

DEBUG4 :: 0

no problems found in RBD chain

ATM#

ATM# sh atm traff
0 Input packets
0 Output packets
0 Broadcast packets
0 Packets received on non-existent VC
0 Packets attempted to send on non-existent VC
0 OAM cells received
0 OAM cells sent
ATM#
ATM#
ATM#
ATM#sh lane def
interface ATM0:
LANE Client: ...00E0A332C040.**
LANE Server: ...00E0A332C041.**
LANE Bus: ...00E0A332C042.**
LANE Config Server: ...00E0A332C043.00
note: ** is the subinterface number byte in hex




ATM#sh ver
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) C5kATM Software (ALC-A-M), Version 11.3(6)WA4(9d) 51.1(5) RELEASE SOFTW
ARE
Copyright (c) 1986-1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Mon 17-May-99 11:08 by integ
Image text-base: 0x40010000, data-base: 0x4021BEB8

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(6)WA4(9d) 51.1(5) RELEASE SOFTWARE

ATM uptime is 29 minutes
System restarted by power-on at 13:11:13 UTC Thu Mar 20 1997
Running default software

cisco C5kALC (68ec030) processor (revision 0x00) with 11264K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID 1610612736, with hardware revision

Last reset from
Authorized for ATM software set. (0x0)
1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
1 ATM network interface(s)
127K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.

Configuration register is 0x1901

ATM#

name default server-atm-address 47.007900000000000000000000.00E0A332C043.01
name default server-atm-address 47.00790000000000E0A332C043.00E0A332C043.01

atm lecs-address 47.0079.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00e0.a332.c043.00 1
atm lecs-address 47.0079.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00e0.a332.c043.00 1

ATM(config)#int a0
ATM(config-if)#atm pvc 1 0 5 qsaa
ATM(config-if)#
00:23:47 : %ATM-3-FAILCREATEVC: ATM failed to create VC(VCD=1, VPI=0, VCI
=5) on Interface ATM0, (Cause of the failure: Failed to have the driver to accep
t the VC)



Building configuration...

Current configuration:
!
! Last configuration change at 13:41:33 UTC Thu Mar 20 1997
!
version 11.3
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
no service password-encryption
!
hostname ATM
!
!
!
lane database frank
name default server-atm-address 47.00790000000000E0A332C043.00E0A332C043.01
!
!
interface Ethernet0
!
interface ATM0
shutdown
lane config database frank
!
interface ATM0.1 multipoint
lane server-bus ethernet default
lane client ethernet 1 default
!
!
line con 0
line vty 0 4
no login
!
end



ATM#sh int
ATM0 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is Catalyst 5000 ATM
MTU 1500 bytes, sub MTU 0, BW 156250 Kbit, DLY 80 usec, rely 0/255, load 1/255
Encapsulation ATM, loopback not set, keepalive not supported
Encapsulation(s): AAL5, PVC mode
4096 maximum active VCs, 1024 VCs per VP, 0 current VCCs
VC idle disconnect time: 300 seconds
PHY Type : SINGLE PHY; Link Status: UP
Last input never, output never, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue 0/40, 0 drops; input queue 0/75, 0 drops
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
0 packets input, 46128 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
0 packets output, 0 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 14 interface resets
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
ATM0.1 is up, line protocol is down
Hardware is Catalyst 5000 ATM
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 156250 Kbit, DLY 80 usec, rely 0/255, load 1/255
Encapsulation ATM-LANE
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Ethernet0 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is BIGA, address is 0060.5c54.d76e (bia 0060.5c54.d76e)
Internet address is 127.0.0.6/8
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000 Kbit, DLY 1000 usec, rely 255/255, load 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set, keepalive set (10 sec)
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last input 00:00:00, output never, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue 0/40, 0 drops; input queue 0/75, 0 drops
5 minute input rate 2000 bits/sec, 2 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 2000 bits/sec, 2 packets/sec
1969 packets input, 126188 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
0 input packets with dribble condition detected
1491 packets output, 167331 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 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out

ATM#sh atm int a0
ATM interface ATM0:
AAL enabled: AAL5 , Maximum VCs: 4096, Current VCCs: 0
Tx buffers 32, Rx buffers 32, Exception Queue: 32, Raw Queue: 32
VP Filter: 0x0, VCIs per VPI: 1024, Max. Datagram Size:1580
PLIM Type:SONET - 155Mbps, TX clocking: LINE
0 input, 0 output, 0 IN fast, 0 OUT fast
Config. is ACTIVE
ATM#sh lane
LE Config Server ATM0 config table: frank
Admin: up State: down
down reasons: NO-nsap-address;
cumulative total number of unrecognized packets received so far: 0
cumulative total number of config requests received so far: 0
cumulative total number of config failures so far: 0

LE Server ATM0.1, Elan name: default, Admin: up, State: waiting_ILMI
Type: ethernet, Max Frame Size: 1516
locally set elan-id: not set
elan-id obtained from LECS: not set
ATM address: UNKNOWN/UNSET
LECS used: UNKNOWN/UNSET NOT yet connected

LE BUS ATM0.1, Elan name: default, Admin: up, State: down
Type: ethernet, Max Frame Size: 1516
ATM address: UNKNOWN/UNSET

LE Client ATM0.1 ELAN name: default Admin: up State: initialState
Client ID: unassigned Next join attempt in 0 seconds
Join Attempt: 47
Last Fail Reason: Locally deactivate
HW Address: 00e0.a332.c040 Type: ethernet Max Frame Size: 1516 VL
ANID: 1
ATM Address: 00.000000000000000000000000.000000000000.00

VCD rxFrames txFrames Type ATM Address
0 0 0 configure 00.000000000000000000000000.000000000000.00
0 0 0 direct 00.000000000000000000000000.000000000000.00
0 0 0 distribute 00.000000000000000000000000.000000000000.00
0 0 0 send 00.000000000000000000000000.000000000000.00
0 0 0 forward 00.000000000000000000000000.000000000000.00

ATM#

 

[mclaughlis]

Do you have the return path in the Cat 5000

 

[RouterDroid]

Thanks for the info - I found the answer. I took the C100 to a lab at work and it instantly worked with the ATM blade in the Cat5000 there! The only difference was that the ATM-blade-code was at a lower level in the CAT at work. I downloaded the lower-level code into MY cat ATM blade, and voila - the ATM sessions immediately came up. I conclude from all this that the 'newer' code in the Cisco ATM blade was buggy (unlikely) or that it somehow got corrupted and needed a reload to get it going. This blade was purchased on ebay - I am not sure of the history of the code in it. It has been working without any sign of a problem for over a month now, so I think it is fine.
Thanks for your help!

 

[scarr56]

RouterDroid,
I am trying to do the same thing, i.e. go from a Cat 5000 to a Centillion 100. You have solved your problem but you didn't list the versions of firmware or software that worked for you. Those would be helpful for me to know so I wouldn't have to reinvent the wheel. Also, any other helpful advice or gotchas that you found would be of value.
thanks in advance.