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Release Notes for Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router for Cisco IOS Release 15.2(2)SNI

Introduction

System Specifications

Memory Details

Determining the Software Version

New and Changed Information

New Hardware Features in Release 15.2(2)SNI

New Software Features in Release 15.2(2)SNI

6VPE and 6PE

1588v2 Boundary Clock

Boundary Clock Licensing

MPLS over MLPPP

Remote LFA FRR

Digital Optical Monitoring for 1Gigabit Ethernet SFPs

Zero Touch Provisioning

Modified Software Features in Release 15.2(2)SNI

New ROMMON Image

Shaper Burst Commit Down to 1 ms

Limitations and Restrictions

Supported Hardware

Supported MIBs

Caveats

Using Bug Toolkit

Search Bugs

Save Bugs

Save Search

Retrieve Saved Search or Bugs

Export to Spreadsheet

Open Caveats

Resolved Caveats

Troubleshooting

Related Documentation

Services and Support


Release Notes for Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router for Cisco IOS Release 15.2(2)SNI


February 2013

OL-28919-01

This release notes is for the Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router for Cisco IOS Release 15.2(2)SNI and contains the following sections:

Introduction

System Specifications

New and Changed Information

Limitations and Restrictions

Caveats

Troubleshooting

Related Documentation

Services and Support

Introduction

The Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router is a cell-site access platform specifically designed to aggregate and transport mixed-generation radio access network (RAN) traffic. The router is used at the cell site edge as a part of a 2G, 3G, or 4G RAN.

Table 1 lists the Cisco ASR 901 router model versions.

Table 1 Cisco ASR 901 Router Models

TDM + Ethernet Version
Ethernet Version

A901-12C-FT-D1

A901-4C-FT-D1

A901-6CZ-FT-D1

A901-6CZ-FT-A2

A901-12C-F-D1

A901-4C-F-D1

A901-6CZ-F-D1

A901-6CZ-F-A2

1 DC power

2 AC power



Note Some of the Cisco ASR 901 models have port based licensing. For more details, see the Licensing chapter in Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router Software Configuration Guide.


The Cisco ASR 901 router helps enable a variety of RAN solutions by extending IP connectivity to devices using Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Node Bs using High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) or Long Term Evolution (LTE), base transceiver stations (BTSs) using Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), CDMA-2000, EVDO, or WiMAX, and other cell-site equipment.

It transparently and efficiently transports cell-site voice, data, and signaling traffic over IP using traditional T1 and E1 circuits, as well as alternative backhaul networks such as Carrier Ethernet and DSL, Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM), and WiMAX. It also supports standards-based Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Internet protocols over the RAN transport network, including those standardized at the Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) for IP RAN transport. Custom designed for the cell site, the Cisco ASR 901 router features a small form factor, extended operating temperature, and cell-site DC input voltages.

System Specifications

Table 2 lists the supported system configurations for the Cisco ASR 901 router:

Memory Details

Table 2 lists the memory available for Cisco ASR 901 router.

Table 2 Cisco IOS Release 15.2(2)SNI Memory Details

Platform
Software Image
Flash Memory
DRAM Memory
Runs From

Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router TDM version

asr901-universalk9-mz

128 MB

512 MB

RAM

Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router, Ethernet version

asr901-universalk9-mz

128 MB

512 MB

RAM


Determining the Software Version

To determine the image and version of Cisco IOS software running on your Cisco ASR 901 router, log in to the router and enter the show version command in the EXEC mode:

Router> show version
Cisco IOS Software, 901 Software (ASR901-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.2(2)SNI, RELEASE 
SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2013 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 07-Feb-13 13:57 by prod_rel_team
ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 15.2(2r)SNI, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

New and Changed Information

New Hardware Features in Release 15.2(2)SNI

New Software Features in Release 15.2(2)SNI

Modified Software Features in Release 15.2(2)SNI

New Hardware Features in Release 15.2(2)SNI

There are no new hardware features in Cisco IOS Release 15.2(2)SNI.

New Software Features in Release 15.2(2)SNI

The following features are supported from this release:

6VPE and 6PE

This release implements IPv6 VPN Provider Edge Transport over MPLS (6PE) and IPv6 on VPN Provider Edge Routers (6VPE) on the Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Routers.

For information about this feature, see the IPv6 over MPLS: 6PE and 6VPE guide at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/asr_901/Configuration/Guide/6pe_6vpe.html

1588v2 Boundary Clock

The 1588V2 Boundary Clock feature allows you to use the PTP boundary clock on the Cisco ASR 901 router. A PTP boundary clock acts as a middle hop between a PTP master and PTP slaves.

For more information about this feature, see Configuring Clocking guide at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/asr_901/Configuration/Guide/clocking.html

Boundary Clock Licensing

The installation of 1588BC license on the Cisco ASR 901 router allows you to use the PTP boundary clock.

For more information about this feature, see Licensing guide at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/asr_901/Configuration/Guide/lic.html

MPLS over MLPPP

The Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) support over Multilink PPP feature allows you to use labeled switch paths (LSPs) over MLPPP links.

For information about this feature, see Configuring MLPPP guide at the following URL: http://cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/asr_901/Configuration/Guide/mlppp.html

Remote LFA FRR

The Remote Loop-free Alternate (LFA) - Fast Reroute (FRR) feature uses a backup route, computed using dynamic routing protocol during a node failure, to avoid traffic loss.

For information about this feature, see Remote Loop-Free Alternate - Fast Reroute guide at the following URL: http://cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/asr_901/Configuration/Guide/remote_lfa-frr.html

Digital Optical Monitoring for 1Gigabit Ethernet SFPs

This feature allows you to monitor real-time parameters of the router, such as optical input and output power, temperature, laser bias current, and transceiver supply voltage.

For more information about this feature, see Digital Optical Monitoring guide at the following URL: http://cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/asr_901/Configuration/Guide/dom.html

Zero Touch Provisioning

The zero-touch deployment capability enables the Cisco ASR 901 router to auto configure itself, download an updated image, connect to the network, and start the operation as soon as it is cabled and powered up.

For more information about this feature, see Managing and Monitoring Network Management Features guide at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/asr_901/Configuration/Guide/managingandmonitoring.html

Modified Software Features in Release 15.2(2)SNI

This section lists the features modified for this release:

New ROMMON Image

This release has a new upgrade ROMMON (15.2(2r)SNI) bundled with the IOS image. Upgrading to the new IOS image (Cisco IOS Release 15.2(2)SNI) automatically upgrades the ROMMON to the new version. After the ROMMON upgrade, the router performs an additional reload for the upgrade to take effect.

For more details, see Auto upgrade of Rommon section at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/asr_901/Configuration/Guide/swupgrade.html

Shaper Burst Commit Down to 1 ms

Starting with Cisco IOS Release 15.2(2)SNI, the lower limit of the committed burst size (bc) is changed to 1 ms from 4 ms.

For information about this feature, see Configuring QoS guide at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/asr_901/Configuration/Guide/qos.html

Limitations and Restrictions

Cisco IOS Release 15.2(2)SNI for the Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router has the following general limitations and restrictions:


Note For limitations and restrictions that are specific to features, see the respective feature guide.


QinQ configuration for Layer3 is not possible with pop1 rewrite. However pop2 configured routed QinQ is supported.

Default xconnect MTU is 9216.

For interoperability with other routers for an xconnect session, ensure that the MTU on both PE routers is same before the xconnect session is established.

VLAN IDs 4093, 4094, and 4095 are reserved for internal usage.

The dot1q and dot1ad range configuration is not supported on the port channel interface.

The system (hardware) time should be set to the current time before configuring PTP.

MPLS is not supported over routed QinQ

ACL

Loopback feature should not be enabled when Layer 2 Control Protocol Forwarding is enabled.

Following IOS keywords are not supported on Cisco ASR 901 router—match-any, ip-options, logging, icmp-type/code, igmp type, dynamic, reflective, evaluate.

Ingress PACL and RACL supports TCP/UDP port range; Egress ACL does not support port range.

Sharing access lists across interfaces is not supported.

ACL is not supported on Management port (FastEthernet) and serial interfaces.

Devices in the management network (network connected to Fast Ethernet port) cannot be accessed from any other port. If the default route is configured on Cisco ASR 901 to fast ethernet interface (Fa0/0), all the routed packets will be dropped. However, this configuration could keep CPU busy and affect overall convergence.

Clocking

External interfaces like BITS and 1PPS have only one port—they work either as an input interface or output interface at a given time.

The line to external option for external SSU is not supported.

ToD is not integrated to the router system time. ToD input or output reflects only the PTP time, not the router system time.

Revertive and non-revertive modes work well only with two clock sources.

BITS cable length option is supported via platform timing bits line-build-out command.

There is no automatic recovery from OOR Alarms. It has to be manually cleared using clear platform timing oor-alarms command.

If copper Gigabit Ethernet port is selected as the input clock source, the link should be configured as a IEEE 802.3 link-slave, using synce state slave command.

BITS reports LOS only for AIS, LOS and LOF alarms.

Loop timing is not supported in E1/T1 controllers. (IOS Command—clock source line). However, the clock can be recovered from T1/E1 lines and used to sync system clock using the IOS command network-clock input-source <prio> controller <E1/T1> 0/x.

IEEE 1588v2 (PTP)

Only Unicast Direct and Unicast Negotiation modes are supported; Multicast mode is not supported.

PTP slave supports both single and two-step modes. PTP master supports only two-step mode.

VLAN 4093 is used for internal PTP communication; do not use 4093 in your network.

Loopback interface is used in Cisco ASR 901 router instead of ToP interface for configuring 1588 interface/IP address.

The 1pps output command is not supported on OC-master.

Sync and Delay request rates should be above 32pps, the optimum value being 64pps.

Clock-ports even when configured as slave-only, start off as master. So the initial or reset state of the clock always shows as master. This implies that the master should have higher priority (priority1, priority2) for the slave to accept the master.

Supported Hardware

Table 3 and Table 4 shows the SFP modules supported on the Cisco ASR 901 routers:

Table 3

CWDM-SFP-1470

CWDM-SFP-1490

CWDM-SFP-1510

CWDM-SFP-1530

CWDM-SFP-1550

CWDM-SFP-1570

CWDM-SFP-1590

CWDM-SFP-1610

DWDM-SFP-XXXX1

GLC-BX-U and GLC-BX-D2

GLC-EX-SMD

GLC-LH-SMD

GLC-LX-SM-RGD

GLC-SX-MMD

GLC-SX-MM-RGD

GLC-T

GLC-ZX-SM

GLC-ZX-SMD

GLC-ZX-SM-RGD

SFP-GE-L

SFP-GE-S

SFP-GE-T

SFP-GE-Z

1 40 wavelengths

2 These SFPs (GLC-BX-U and GLC-BX-D) should be connected back to back to bring the interface link up.


SFPs Supported on the Cisco ASR 901 1G Router

Table 4

SFP-10G-ER

SFP-10G-LR

SFP-10G-LR-X

SFP-10G-SR

SFP-10G-SR-X

SFP-10G-ZR


SFPs Supported on the Cisco ASR 901 10G Router


Note For information on how to configure SFPs, see the Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router Software Configuration Guide.


Supported MIBs

The Cisco ASR 901 router supports the following MIBs:

BGP4-MIB

CISCO-STP-EXTENSIONS-MIB

BRIDGE-MIB

CISCO-SYSLOG-MIB

CISCO-ACCESSENVMON-MIB

CISCO-TC

CISCO-CAR-MIB

ENTITY-MIB

CISCO-CDP-MIB

ETHERLIKE-MIB

CISCO-CEF-MIB

HCNUM-TC

CISCO-CLASS-BASED-QOS-MIB

IANAifType-MIB

CISCO-CONFIG-COPY-MIB

IEEE8021-CFM-MIB

CISCO-CONFIG-MAN-MIB

IF-MIB

CISCO-DATA-COLLECTION-MIB

IMA-MIB

CISCO-DOT3-OAM-MIB

INT-SERVE-MIB

CISCO-EIGRP-MIB

IP-FORWARD-MIB

CISCO-ENHANCED-MEMPOOL-MIB

IP-MIB

CISCO-ENTITY-ASSET-MIB

MPLS-LDP-MIB

CISCO-ENTITY-VENDORTYPE-OID-MIB

MPLS-LSR-MIB

CISCO-ENVMON-MIB

MPLS-VPN-MIB

CISCO-FLASH-MIB

NOTIFICATION-LOG-MIB

CISCO-IETF-PW-MIB

OLD-CISCO-CHASSIS-MIB

CISCO-IETF-PW-TC-MIB

OLD-CISCO-FLASH-MIB

CISCO-IF-EXTENSION-MIB

OLD-CISCO-INTERFACES-MIB

CISCO-IMAGE-MIB

OLD-CISCO-IP-MIB

CISCO-IPSLA-ETHERNETMIB

OLD-CISCO-SYS-MIB

CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB

OLD-CISCO-TS-MIB

CISCO-NETSYNC-MIB

OSPF-MIB

CISCO-NTP-MIB

PerfHist-TC-MIB

CISCO-OSPF-MIB

RFC1213-MIB

CISCO-PING-MIB

RMON2-MIB

CISCO-PROCESS-MIB

RMON-MIB

CISCO-PRODUCTS-MIB

SNMP-FRAMEWORKMIB

CISCO-PTP-MIB

SNMP-TARGET-MIB

CISCO-QUEUE-MIB

SNMPv2-MIB

CISCO-RESILIENT-ETHERNET-PROTOCOL-MIB

SNMPv2-SMI

CISCO-RTTMON-MIB

SNMPV2-TC

CISCO-SENSOR-ENTITY-MIB

TCP-MIB

CISCO-SMI-MIB

UDP-MIB

CISCO-SNAPSHOT-MIB

CISCO-SNMP-TARGET-EXT-MIB


Caveats

Caveats describe unexpected behavior in Cisco IOS software releases. Severity 1 caveats are the most serious caveats, severity 2 caveats are less serious, and severity 3 caveats are the least serious of these three severity levels. Only select severity 3 caveats are listed.

This section contains the following topics:

Using Bug Toolkit

Open Caveats

Resolved Caveats

Using Bug Toolkit

The Caveats section only includes the bug ID and a short description of the bug. For details on the symptoms, conditions, and workaround for a particular bug you must use the Bug ToolKit. This section explains how to use the bug toolkit and has the following topics:

Search Bugs

Save Bugs

Save Search

Retrieve Saved Search or Bugs

Export to Spreadsheet

Search Bugs

This section explains how to use the Bug ToolKit to search for a specific bug.


Step 1 Go to http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl.

You are prompted to log into Cisco.com. After successful login, the Bug Toolkit page opens.

Step 2 Click Launch Bug Toolkit.

Step 3 To search for a specific bug, enter the bug ID in the Search for Bug ID field and click Go in the Search Bugs tab.

To search for bugs in a specific release, enter the following search criteria:

Select Product Category—Select Routers.

Select Products—Select the required product from the list. For example, to view bugs for Cisco ASR 901, choose Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router from the list.

Software Version—Choose the required Cisco IOS version from the drop-down lists. For example, to view the list of outstanding and resolved bugs in Cisco IOS Release 15.2(2)SNI, choose 15.2 from the first drop-down list, 2 from the second drop-down list, and SNI from the third drop-down list.

Search for Keyword(s)—Separate search phrases with boolean expressions (AND, NOT, OR) to search within the bug title and details.

Advanced Options—You can either perform a search using the default search criteria or define custom criteria for an advanced search. To customize the advanced search, select Use custom settings for severity, status, and others and provide the following information:

Severity—Select the severity level.

Status—Select Open, Fixed, or Terminated.

Select Open to view all the open bugs. To filter the open bugs, clear the Open check box and select the appropriate sub-options that appear below the Open check box. The sub-options are New, Held, More, Open, Waiting, Assigned, Forwarded, Postponed, Submitted, and Information Required. For example, if you want to view only new bugs in Cisco IOS Release 15.2(2)SNI, select New.

Select Fixed to view fixed bugs. To filter fixed bugs, clear the Fixed check box and select the appropriate sub-options that appear below the Fixed check box. The sub-options are Resolved or Verified.

Select Terminated to view terminated bugs. To filter terminated bugs, clear the Terminated check box and select the appropriate sub-options that appear below the terminated check box. The sub-options are Closed, Junked, and Unreproducible. Select multiple options as required.

Advanced—Select the Show only bugs containing bug details check box to view only those bugs that contain detailed information, such as symptoms and workarounds.

Modified Date—Select this option if you want to filter bugs based on the date on which the bugs were last modified.

Results Displayed Per Page—Select the appropriate option from the list to restrict the number of results that appear per page.

Step 4 Click Search. The Bug Toolkit displays the list of bugs based on the specified search criteria.


Save Bugs

This section explains how to use Bug ToolKit to save the bugs retrieved by your search in a specific release.


Step 1 Perform a search.
Repeat Step 1 through Step 3 in the "Search Bugs" section.

Step 2 Select the check boxes next to the bug you want to save in the Search Results page and click Save Checked.

The Save Bug Settings area appears under the Search Bugs tab.

Step 3 Specify group settings in the Place in Group field.

Existing Group—Select an existing group.

Create New Group—Enter a group name to create a new group.

Existing groups have their group notification options already set. If you select an existing group, go to Step 5.

Step 4 Specify the following email update (group notification) options.

No emailed updates—Select if you do not want to receive email updates.

Yes, email updates to—Enter your email address.

On a schedule—Specify the frequency of email delivery.

Step 5 Click Save Bug.

The Bug ToolKit saves the selected bugs in the specified group.


Save Search

This section explains how to use Bug ToolKit to save your search after searching for the bugs in a specific release.


Step 1 Perform a search.
Repeat Step 1 through Step 3 in the "Search Bugs" section.

Step 2 Click Save Search in the Search Results page to save your search with the specified criteria.

The Save Search Settings area appears under the My Notifications tab.

Step 3 Enter a name for your search in the Search Name field.

Step 4 Specify group settings in the Place in Group field.

Existing Group—Select an existing group.

Create New Group—Enter a group name to create a new group.

Existing groups have their group notification options already set. If you select an existing group, go to Step 6.

Step 5 Specify the following email update (group notification) options.

No emailed updates—Select if you do not want to receive email updates.

Yes, email updates to—Enter your email address.

On a schedule—Specify the frequency of email delivery.

Step 6 Click Save Search.

The Bug ToolKit saves your search in the specified group.


Retrieve Saved Search or Bugs

This section explains how to use Bug ToolKit to retrieve a saved search or bugs.


Step 1 Go to http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl and click Launch Bug Toolkit.

You are prompted to log into Cisco.com.

Step 2 Click My Notifications tab.
My Notifications tab displays the Group Name, Summary, and Actions.

Step 3 Click the group in the Group Name column. The group contains saved search and bugs.

Step 4 Retrieve saved search or bugs.

Click the saved search name to display the Search Results page.

Click the saved bug to display details or hover your mouse pointer over the Info link.

The My Notifications tab also provides option to delete bug, delete search, delete group, edit group notifications (in the Actions column), move selected saved search or bugs to different group, and to export saved bugs in all the groups to a spreadsheet.


Export to Spreadsheet

The Bug ToolKit provides the following options to export bugs to a spreadsheet:

Click Export All to Spreadsheet link in the Search Results page under the Search Bugs tab. Specify file name and folder name to save the spreadsheet. All the bugs retrieved by the search is exported.

Click Export All to Spreadsheet link in the My Notifications tab. Specify file name and folder name to save the spreadsheet. All the saved bugs in all the groups is exported.

If you are unable to export the spreadsheet, log into the Technical Support Website at
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/support/index.html for more information or call Cisco TAC (1-800-553-2447).

Open Caveats

This section provides information about the open caveats for the Cisco ASR 901 router running Cisco IOS Release 15.2(2)SNI.

Bug ID
Description

CSCtk33675

The service instance configuration is rejected when the encapsulation is set to default for double-tagged traffic.

CSCtl70431

The "no rewrite" option is not working on interfaces configured with encapsulation dot1q.

CSCtn18900

Service policy classification based on inner Virtual LAN p-bits is not working.

CSCtn32463

There is no command restriction in applying a service policy to Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC) on the egress.

CSCtn71094

The no int vlan 1 command deletes VLAN 1.

CSCtn79746

The show ethernet service instance statistics command is not displaying any statistics.

CSCto96840

A CLI restriction is required for Dual Rate Three Color (2R3C) on parent class in Hierarchical Quality of Service (HQoS).

CSCtq26793

Some ports are not getting bundled with the port channel because of attribute mismatch, such as flow-control.

CSCtr05566

The Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) traffic fails when port channel encapsulation is not equal to the bridge domain on the core.

CSCtr70228

High CPU utilization is observed while performing save or copy operation.

CSCts66081

Ingress VLAN translation failure occurs when entries exceed 3000.

CSCts80090

The reserved VLANs are not blocked on the router.

CSCts84679

The circuit emulation (CEM) interface displays wrong configuration in the show running-configuration command output, when pw-class is configured.

CSCts85484

Traceback occurs after executing rep preempt segment segid command.

CSCts92808

Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED) counters are not working for discard class 0.

CSCtw52497

The interface drops all ingress packets when you reload the router with write erase, and copy the saved configuration to the running configuration.

CSCtw69021

Maximum bandwidth guarantee for Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol (MLPPP) interface is not working for 64-byte size frames in Low Latency Queuing (LLQ).

CSCtx12366

The servo is accepting more than 64PPS Sync in static unicast.

CSCtx22010

SyncE is not supported for the Copper SFPs: GLC-T and SFP-GE-T

CSCtx34208

Clock selection fails for SyncE when interface media-type is SFP.

CSCtx54735

High CPU utilization and traceback is observed while doing copy and paste of 16 E1 controllers unconfigurations.

CSCtx77374

Input errors are increasing when serial interface flaps. This issue is observed on a serial interface that is part of a multilink interface, when keepalive is disabled.

CSCty04070

Traffic fails and continuous traceback is observed, when xconnect is configured on an untagged EVC.

CSCty95886

The file copy function is not detecting errors properly.

CSCtz16522

The Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP) session-reflector packet truncation fails.

CSCtz34776

Random IP/UDP packets sent to LB interface are getting punted to CPU.

CSCtz38207

Router is rebooting continuously due to failed fans.

CSCtz48755

We recommend the use of minimum 1 sec (or above) hello timer for Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) and Virtual Redundancy Router Protocol (VRRP). With this configuration, we support a maximum of 50 sessions.

CSCtz69403

IPv6 traffic is not getting dropped with link-local as source address.

CSCtz81384

The Layer 2 ATM/IMA interface and its permanent virtual circuits (PVCs) are not coming up when operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) is configured.

CSCtz90417

When the router boots up, the following traceback is displayed: "%LICENSE-2-VLS_ERROR: 'VLSsetPersistencePath' failed with an error - rc = 212 - 'Error[212]:"

There is no functionality impact, it can be safely ignored.

CSCtz90437

When the router boots up, it displays the following traceback messages: "*Mar 19 23:45:24.371: %LICENSE-2-UNRECOVERABLE: The IOS license storage on this device was not recovered. UDI=A901-12C-FT-D:FHAK1234567

*Mar 19 23:45:24.375: Following corrupted license storage was un-recoverable : lic0:/lservrc.pri

*Mar 19 23:45:24.375: -Traceback= 265C5A8z 60DC228z 60D97C8z 60D9F64z 580B534z 580573Cze"

These tracebacks may also appear while trying to install a license.

There is no functionality impact, it can be safely ignored.

CSCua19178

Packet drops are seen with IPv6 fragmentation.

CSCua34320

The OSPFv3 keeps old router-id even after changing the loopback address.

CSCua34389

Manual tunnel having MPLS configuration with dynamic option in the following sequence does not set up targeted ldp session resulting in tunnel staying down. shut/no shut of the tunnel brings back the targeted Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) session up.

interface Tunnel108
ip unnumbered Loopback0
mpls label protocol ldp
mpls ip
tunnel source Loopback0
tunnel destination 36.36.36.36
tunnel mode mpls traffic-eng
tunnel mpls traffic-eng path-option 1 dynamic

The issue is not observed when tunnel mode is configured ahead of tunnel destination,

CSCua40707

The commands related to MPLS and MPLS-TE/FRR are applicable only to SVI interfaces though they can be enabled globally.

Thus configuring the MPLS commands on the GigabitEthernet interface or port-channel is not supported.

CSCua49491

The MPLS traffic engineering counters are not supported.

CSCua51628

The OSPFv3 bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) flaps after an interface is shut in a port-channel bundle.

CSCua81678

The following error message is displayed for /128 prefix: "Reached Maximum Number of IPv6 Hosts".

CSCua82917

In remote LFA FRR, the recovery takes more than 80 ms.

CSCua84571

Load balancing is not working with different streams having symmetrical addresses.

CSCua88693

The verify command is not supported for the USB flash in the Cisco ASR 901 10G router.

CSCua98165

The IPv6 BFD packets should be mapped to Queue 6 on egress interface.

CSCua99910

MAC address table (MAC learning) failures can be seen with more than 31000 MAC Addresses in certain conditions. So it is safe to assume the platform supports 31000 MAC addresses.

CSCub12715

The "pura_cef_ipv6_route_create_update:Reached Maximum Number of Prefixes supported by platform.Additional Prefixes will not be programmed" message is displayed when the primary path is shut/unshut in a redundant convergent setup.

CSCub71746

Alarm Indication Signal (AIS) is visible momentarily at T1 controller of CE1 while reverting back to primary.

CSCuc15639

Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) is not supported with 100 ms interval.

CSCuc22630

The router fails to recognize USB when its removed immediately after insertion.

CSCuc25878

The UBR transmits at a lower rate when all five class of service (CoS) Private Virtual Circuits (PVCs) are configured.

CSCuc33942

The Cisco ASR 901 10G interface is coming up after changing the shut/no shut configuration in startup-configuration.

CSCuc39560

IPv6 traffic drop occurs globally when IPv4 VRF is configured on the same SVI with "ip vrf definition".

CSCuc52851

The "%QOS-6-POLICY_INST_FAILED:" error message is displayed when service-policy is applied under a multilink interface.

CSCuc85033

The untagged Ethernet Virtual Circuit (EVC) port is not supported for spanning tree.

CSCud04703

In Zero Touch Provisioning, the Cisco ASR 901 router is not able to connect to the CE server using option-43 template, when source interface is passed as a parameter.

CSCud14278

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) flap is observed between PEs when traffic from CE side is oversubscribed towards PE.

CSCud16558

High convergence time is observed when "shut" operation is performed on fast re-route (FRR) configured with port channels. This issue can be resolved with BFD.

CSCud21775

In Zero Touch Provisioning, the Cisco ASR 901 10G router is using wrong Unique Device Identifier (UDI) event-id to make connection to the CE.

CSCud24655

CPU hog is observed when primary path is "shut" in an LFA FRR set up with 1000 prefixes.

CSCud29184

The show version command is not giving the image name when the boot system variable is set as: boot system flash image-name.

CSCud32961

Error occurs when any label entry is crossing the 3500 range.

CSCud33913

In Zero Touch Provisioning, the VLAN discovery is not supported for encapsulation dot1ad.

CSCud37655

The xconnect MTU is not used for traffic filtering.

CSCud53474

The combo interface is going down after the channel group configuration.

CSCud64293

The TE-FRR protection is not working when explicit primary path is configured.

CSCud71334

The mac-address flap control is putting all ports into "err-disabled" state, in some cases.

CSCud72473

When the Cisco ASR 901 router is configured as Network Time Protocol (NTP) client, it loses synchronization with the server after some time.

CSCud75293

The show rom-monitor command is not showing upgraded ROMMON version in IOS mode.

CSCud79202

The show inventory command is displaying the PID of SFP-SX-MM as GLC-SX-MM.

CSCud89083

The router displays "soc_counter_sync: counter thread not responding" error, under heavy CPU usage.

CSCue11410

The incremental-SPF configuration is causing micro loops during convergence, in IGP IS-IS.

CSCue11688

The VRF routes are leaked from the adjacent VRF with a particular IP:nn pattern.

CSCue18282

CPU hog and traceback is observed when scale configuration is pushed from CE server to the router.

CSCue22998

Ethernet jitter is giving a wrong return code when it is configured through SNMP.

CSCue30216

High convergence time is observed for some global prefixes in remote LFA OSPF setup. This issue is also observed for IS-IS, with 500 prefix global scale.

CSCue54917

The Cisco ASR 901 10G router license is shown as "in use" when the interface is down.

CSCuf26488

Traffic drops for Equal Cost Multipath (ECMP) prefixes after neighbour discovery (ND) expires on both the links.

CSCuf49860

Configuration of backup peer on primary xconnect, after bringing up remote peer backup results in flap.


Resolved Caveats

This section provides information about the resolved caveats for the Cisco ASR 901 router running Cisco IOS Release 15.2(2)SNI.

Bug ID
Description

CSCts80072

The MPLS forwarding-table counters are not getting incremented.

CSCtw98202

IP service-level agreement (SLA) echo and jitter is not supported over xconnect.

CSCty27927

The bandwidth remaining percent limits traffic to configured value.

To configure QoS scheduler, use the qos-config scheduling-mode Min-BW-Guarantee command under the interface where the queuing policy is configured. This command allows the per-class rate to use any unutilized bandwidth beyond the configured minimum guaranteed bandwidth.

CSCtz09377

Some virtual circuits are going down when several xconnect sessions with Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) is configured.

CSCtz82423

The copper small form-factor pluggable (SFP) link is not coming up during online insertion.

CSCtz82918

IPv6 addresses are not sent in addresses Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) TLV.

CSCub17763

The IMA interface is not coming up.

CSCub56206

The egress object is missing from SVI interface after reload of the router.

CSCuc38512

It is not possible to compress the file system when the last file is deleted.

CSCuc38706

The router may hang or reset if an IOS file is not specified in the boot system flash usbflash0: command.

CSCuc62493

The GLC-ZX-SMD SFP is not getting detected in 10G AC (A901-6CZ-Fx-A) SKUs.


Troubleshooting

The following sections describe troubleshooting commands you can use with the Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router.

Collecting Data for Router Issues

To collect data for reporting router issues, issue the following command:

show tech-support—Displays general information about the router if it reports a problem.

Collecting Data for ROMMON Issues

To collect data for ROMMON issues, issue the following command while in the EXEC mode:

show rom-monitor—Displays currently selected ROM monitor.


Note If you contact Cisco support for assistance, we recommend that you provide any crashinfo files stored in flash memory. For more information about crashinfo files, see http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps167/products_tech_note09186a00800a6743.shtml.


Related Documentation

Documents related to the Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router include the following:

Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router Software Configuration Guide

Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Routers

To access the related documentation on Cisco.com, go to:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps12077/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Services and Support

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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

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