December 2016 - mice-discuss - lists.micemn.net

Re: Route server #2 copper connection

by Mike Horwath

As an aside: you didn't give the 3 month notification of emergency remediation. #happyholidays from the troll! -- Mike Horwath, reachable via drechsau(a)Geeks.ORG

Dec. 22, 2016

Re: Route server #2 copper connection

by Mike Horwath

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 03:53:00PM -0600, Jeremy Lumby wrote: > When I went to insert my optic into the switch for my upgraded 10G > connection, I noticed that the cable for route server#2 was against > the cabinet door, and simply opening/closing the door caused the > link to bounce. Since the link had gone down from just opening the > door, I switched the Copper SFP adapter to a different model, and it > appears to be more compatible with the RJ45 connector on the patch > cable since the link now stays up when the cable is moved in a > normal manner. THANKS! -- Mike Horwath, reachable via drechsau(a)Geeks.ORG

Dec. 22, 2016

Route server #2 copper connection

by Jeremy Lumby

When I went to insert my optic into the switch for my upgraded 10G connection, I noticed that the cable for route server#2 was against the cabinet door, and simply opening/closing the door caused the link to bounce. Since the link had gone down from just opening the door, I switched the Copper SFP adapter to a different model, and it appears to be more compatible with the RJ45 connector on the patch cable since the link now stays up when the cable is moved in a normal manner. Jeremy

Dec. 22, 2016

Re: RR#2 cable?

by Frank Bulk

Looks like our BGP session with MRS2 bounced around 3:47 pm. Can someone who has access confirm that the copper link bounced, too? Frank -----Original Message----- From: MICE Discuss [mailto:MICE-DISCUSS@LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET] On Behalf Of Nevin Lyne Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 11:34 PM To: MICE-DISCUSS(a)LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET Subject: Re: [MICE-DISCUSS] RR#2 cable? I think I have a pair of fiber NICs and optics I can donate for the two systems. I will touch bases with you next time I am in the IPHouse data center, Doug. -Nevin On Monday, December 19, 2016 11:23pm, "Doug McIntyre" <merlyn(a)IPHOUSE.NET> said: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 10:34:28PM -0600, Matthew Beckwell wrote: >> I reseated the SFP/cable. Appears to be back up and passing traffic. >> Although it didn't seem particularly loose to me. > > Thanks! > > I've seen in the past just certain Cat5e cables and certain manufactorer > machines just didn't play too well together. Swap out one for the other > and it works fine. Probably the race to the bottom/cheapest in commodity > parts gives some pretty loose tolerances sometimes. > > I think Jeremy has some spares, although I don't know what. We could > probably also do a fiber NIC in the RR's at some point as well if we > didn't want to get a copper SFP involved. > > -- > Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)iphouse.net> > ~.~ ipHouse ~.~ > Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades > -- Nevin Lyne -- Founder & Director of Technology -- Arcustech, LLC. - arcustech.com -- Gippy's Internet Solutions, LLC. - enginehosting.com

Dec. 22, 2016

Amazon on MICE

by Justin Krejci

>From one of their peering engineers, Amazon estimates early January to be live on MICE.

Dec. 21, 2016

Re: RR#2 cable?

by Nevin Lyne

I think I have a pair of fiber NICs and optics I can donate for the two systems. I will touch bases with you next time I am in the IPHouse data center, Doug. -Nevin On Monday, December 19, 2016 11:23pm, "Doug McIntyre" <merlyn(a)IPHOUSE.NET> said: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 10:34:28PM -0600, Matthew Beckwell wrote: >> I reseated the SFP/cable. Appears to be back up and passing traffic. >> Although it didn't seem particularly loose to me. > > Thanks! > > I've seen in the past just certain Cat5e cables and certain manufactorer > machines just didn't play too well together. Swap out one for the other > and it works fine. Probably the race to the bottom/cheapest in commodity > parts gives some pretty loose tolerances sometimes. > > I think Jeremy has some spares, although I don't know what. We could > probably also do a fiber NIC in the RR's at some point as well if we > didn't want to get a copper SFP involved. > > -- > Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)iphouse.net> > ~.~ ipHouse ~.~ > Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades > -- Nevin Lyne -- Founder & Director of Technology -- Arcustech, LLC. - arcustech.com -- Gippy's Internet Solutions, LLC. - enginehosting.com

Dec. 20, 2016

Re: RR#2 cable?

by Doug McIntyre

On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 10:34:28PM -0600, Matthew Beckwell wrote: > I reseated the SFP/cable. Appears to be back up and passing traffic. > Although it didn't seem particularly loose to me. Thanks! I've seen in the past just certain Cat5e cables and certain manufactorer machines just didn't play too well together. Swap out one for the other and it works fine. Probably the race to the bottom/cheapest in commodity parts gives some pretty loose tolerances sometimes. I think Jeremy has some spares, although I don't know what. We could probably also do a fiber NIC in the RR's at some point as well if we didn't want to get a copper SFP involved. -- Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)iphouse.net> ~.~ ipHouse ~.~ Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades

Dec. 20, 2016

Re: RR#2 cable?

by Dean Bahls

Seems that someone beat us to the punch. We didn't get down there as early as hoped. Sorry about that. Dean -----Original Message----- From: MICE Discuss [mailto:MICE-DISCUSS@LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET] On Behalf Of Doug McIntyre Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 5:56 PM To: MICE-DISCUSS(a)LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET Subject: Re: [MICE-DISCUSS] RR#2 cable? Sure, in the MICE cabinet (which I'm not sure of the number, it is in the row parallel against the back wall in Suite 100 farthest way from the entry door, in the top of a 1/3rd cabinet with MICE name on a label..) On the EX4550 switch (there's only one EX4550 switch, it is the 1U fiber switch), in port ge-2/0/0 (ie. the first port), is a copper SFP (again, the only one there is). All that needs to happen is to push that copper cross-connect in, the spring action has probably pushed it just a little too far out for good contact. That is what it was last time. And I think in general we should probably move that copper connection back to the copper switches, but for now, just pushing it in would be good to go. On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 05:42:33PM -0600, Dean Bahls wrote: > We have someone going down there in about an hour or two. He's never > been in that cabinet so if you have VERY EXPLICIT instructions, we can > have him do it. > > Lemme know. > > Dean > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MICE Discuss [mailto:MICE-DISCUSS@LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET] On Behalf > Of Doug McIntyre > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 5:37 PM > To: MICE-DISCUSS(a)LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET > Subject: [MICE-DISCUSS] RR#2 cable? > > Anybody close to 511 today? > > Looks like the cable has snaked its way out again for RR#2. > > Dec 19 17:04:19 micemn-02 kernel: bge1: link state changed to DOWN > > The machine is up and talking back on the mgmt link. It is link down > on both the switch and the machine for the link into the switch stack. > > I'm sure if somebody goes and pushes on the cable again it'll be link up. > > Looks like that cable and that copper-SFP aren't too compatico. > It might be better to not have switch diversity for them. > > -- > Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)iphouse.net> > ~.~ ipHouse ~.~ > Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades -- Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)iphouse.net> ~.~ ipHouse ~.~ Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades

Dec. 20, 2016

Re: RR#2 cable?

by Matthew Beckwell

I reseated the SFP/cable. Appears to be back up and passing traffic. Although it didn't seem particularly loose to me. ~Matthew On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 5:37 PM, Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)iphouse.net> wrote: > Anybody close to 511 today? > > Looks like the cable has snaked its way out again for RR#2. > > Dec 19 17:04:19 micemn-02 kernel: bge1: link state changed to DOWN > > The machine is up and talking back on the mgmt link. It is link down > on both the switch and the machine for the link into the switch stack. > > I'm sure if somebody goes and pushes on the cable again it'll be link up. > > Looks like that cable and that copper-SFP aren't too compatico. > It might be better to not have switch diversity for them. > > -- > Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)iphouse.net> > ~.~ ipHouse ~.~ > Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades >

Dec. 20, 2016

Re: RR#2 cable?

by Frank Bulk

Just saw it come back up -- thanks. -----Original Message----- From: MICE Discuss [mailto:MICE-DISCUSS@LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET] On Behalf Of Doug McIntyre Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 5:37 PM To: MICE-DISCUSS(a)LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET Subject: [MICE-DISCUSS] RR#2 cable? Anybody close to 511 today? Looks like the cable has snaked its way out again for RR#2. Dec 19 17:04:19 micemn-02 kernel: bge1: link state changed to DOWN The machine is up and talking back on the mgmt link. It is link down on both the switch and the machine for the link into the switch stack. I'm sure if somebody goes and pushes on the cable again it'll be link up. Looks like that cable and that copper-SFP aren't too compatico. It might be better to not have switch diversity for them. -- Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)iphouse.net> ~.~ ipHouse ~.~ Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades

Dec. 20, 2016