Re: 400G link L2 flakiness over DWDM

2025-01-13 Thread Mark Tinka
On 1/13/25 18:29, Brandon Martin wrote: On 1/13/25 10:10, Tom Beecher wrote: This is a not uncommon bug on Ciena stuff. Thankfully it doesn't happen often and is a straightforward fix, although bouncing a card is obv not ideal in a lot of cases. I've been looking at the Waveserver line, s

Re: 400G link L2 flakiness over DWDM

2025-01-13 Thread Brandon Martin
On 1/13/25 10:10, Tom Beecher wrote: This is a not uncommon bug on Ciena stuff. Thankfully it doesn't happen often and is a straightforward fix, although bouncing a card is obv not ideal in a lot of cases. I've been looking at the Waveserver line, so this is somewhat relevant to my interests.

Re: 400G link L2 flakiness over DWDM

2025-01-13 Thread Mark Tinka
On 1/13/25 17:10, Tom Beecher wrote: This is a not uncommon bug on Ciena stuff. Thankfully it doesn't happen often and is a straightforward fix, although bouncing a card is obv not ideal in a lot of cases. Indeed. My Ciena contact responded. He will check with their support team on wh

Re: 400G link L2 flakiness over DWDM

2025-01-13 Thread Tom Beecher
> > One tantalizing > clue was another customer using Cisco Nexus had better results after > they enabled "link transmit reset-skip" > (https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvi45168). Not > clear exactly what that option does, and there doesn't seem to be an > obviously equivalent

Re: 400G link L2 flakiness over DWDM

2025-01-13 Thread Tom Beecher
> > On Waveserver, the issue appears to be a software defect that appears > when certain ports are configured with both Ethernet and OTU4 profiles > for 400G services. Resolution is based on recreating the client service > or hard rebooting the line card. There is no mention of a software > upgrade

Re: 400G link L2 flakiness over DWDM

2025-01-13 Thread TJ Trout
Mark is the undisputed DWDM wizard! On Mon, Jan 13, 2025, 3:42 AM Mark Tinka wrote: > > > > On 1/12/25 09:25, Mark Tinka wrote: > > > > > This sounds like a Ciena-specific issue. > > > > I have found the below on their knowledge portal: > > > > > https://my.ciena.com/CienaPortal/s/article/6500-S

Re: 400G link L2 flakiness over DWDM

2025-01-13 Thread Mark Tinka
On 1/12/25 09:25, Mark Tinka wrote: This sounds like a Ciena-specific issue. I have found the below on their knowledge portal: https://my.ciena.com/CienaPortal/s/article/6500-Submarine-How-to-clear-Loss-of-Alignment-Marker-alarm-on-M2M-port https://my.ciena.com/CienaPortal/s/article/W

Re: 400G link L2 flakiness over DWDM

2025-01-11 Thread Mark Tinka
On 1/10/25 21:57, Oliver Garraux wrote: We have a number of new 400G provider waves with odd flakiness that we can't seem to sort out. These links appear good - light levels are fine, links will be up with working LLDP. But if we admin down / up the link on the IP side, many of them won't

400G link L2 flakiness over DWDM

2025-01-10 Thread Oliver Garraux
We have a number of new 400G provider waves with odd flakiness that we can't seem to sort out. These links appear good - light levels are fine, links will be up with working LLDP. But if we admin down / up the link on the IP side, many of them won't come back up on their own. Our provider sees "