I was at a customer site yesterday and I was getting ready to do a ShoreTel install. I noticed that I was having some PoE issues, and that is when I came across an even bigger issue. It appeared that my Brocade switches were really NOT happy, for when I consoled into one of my switch stacks to find the PoE issue, I got this message continously scrolling down the page:
PoE Error: Memory allocation failed (2705, ../../../../platform/HAL/system/ch/src/poe_drv_CH.c).
PoE Error: Memory allocation failed (2705, ../../../../platform/HAL/system/ch/src/poe_drv_CH.c).
PoE Error: Memory allocation failed (2705, ../../../../platform/HAL/system/ch/src/poe_drv_CH.c).
PoE Error: Memory allocation failed (2705, ../../../../platform/HAL/system/ch/src/poe_drv_CH.c).
Well, no wonder Im having PoE issues, and now I have no idea what this error means. So, I rebooted the switch and it cleared things up, for the moment.
That is when I got into another switch that was having an issue. I was getting this message when I got into it:
Error: LLDP can't allocate memory for generating any of the location ID config
Error: LLDP can't allocate memory for generating any of the location ID config
Error: LLDP can't allocate memory for generating any of the location ID config
Error: LLDP can't allocate memory for generating any of the network policy config
Hmmm. I dont know what all that means, but I notice one common thing in both messages: Memory. So, I called up Brocade TAC and it turns out that I have an IOS version that has a bug, specifically a memory leak. Well, I did the upgrade of the IOS and all seems to be well now. But, here is what I did to do the upgrade of the IOS:
First, I needed to upgrade the boot image. Here is the command:
"copy tftp flash 172.24.14.125 grz07100.bin boot"
Second, here is the command for upgrading the IOS:
"copy tftp flash 172.24.14.125 FCXS07202e.bin pri"
Next, reload the switch and you are done:
"reload"
This is the retired Shane Killen personal blog, an IT technical blog about configs and topics related to the Network and Security Engineer working with Cisco, Brocade, Check Point, and Palo Alto and Sonicwall. I hope this blog serves you well. -- May The Lord bless you and keep you. May He shine His face upon you, and bring you peace.
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What version was your switch running?
ReplyDeleteI dont recall, but I suppose it was the default that I see, which is 7100 (I think that is right).
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