Fabric Ping Failure; Error Messages - Cisco 12000 Series Installation And Configuration Manual

SLOT 10 : RUN IOS
SLOT 11 : RUN IOS
SLOT 13 : RUN IOS
SLOT 14 : RUN IOS
It is possible for the value of an alphanumeric LED to be reversed. For example, IOS RUN may be
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displayed as RUN IOS.
If the alphanumeric LEDs on the line card display anything other than IOS RUN, or the RP is neither the
active Master/Primary nor the Slave/Secondary, there is a problem and the line card has not fully loaded
correctly. Before replacing the line card, try fixing the problem by following these steps:
Reload the microcode using the global configuration microcode reload slot command.
Step 1
Reload the line card using the hw-module slot reload command. This causes the line card to reset and
Step 2
download the MBus and fabric downloader software modules before attempting to download the Cisco
IOS software.
or
Reset the line card manually. This may rule out any problems that are caused by a bad connection to the
Step 3
MBus or switching fabric.

Fabric Ping Failure

Fabric ping failures occur when either a line card or the secondary RP fails to respond to a fabric ping
request from the primary RP over the switch fabric. Such failures are a problem symptom that should be
investigated. They are indicated by the following error messages:
%GRP-3-FABRIC_UNI: Unicast send timed out (1)
%GRP-3-COREDUMP: Core dump incident on slot 1, error: Fabric ping failure
%LCINFO-3-CRASH: Line card in slot 1 crashed
You can find more information about this issue on Cisco.com in the Troubleshooting Fabric Ping
Timeouts and Failures on the Cisco 12000 Series Internet Router publication.

Error Messages

If you receive any error message related to a line card, you can use the Error Message Decoder Tool (on
Cisco.com) to find the meaning of this error message. Some errors point to a hardware issue, while others
indicate a Cisco IOS software caveat or a hardware issue on another part of the router. This publication
does not cover all these messages.
Some messages related to Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) and Inter Process-Communication (IPC) are
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explained on Cisco.com in the Troubleshooting CEF-Related Error Messages publication.
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