Hi,
I have the issue that a EX4300 won't join a VC in production. 'show virtual-chassis' says
3 (FPC 3) Inactive PE3717020650 ex4300-48t 0 Linecard Y VC 2 vcp-255/1/1
There is no helpful output in the logs but I found this:
nico@sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18> show log messages | match fpc3 Dec 11 11:45:02 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 CMEX: failed to receive online_ack PIC 0 Dec 11 11:45:02 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 CMEX: failed to receive online_ack PIC 1 Dec 11 11:45:03 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 idl decode err -1 magic 5022 Dec 11 11:45:03 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 idl decode err -1 magic 5022 Dec 11 11:45:13 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 CMEX: failed to receive online_ack PIC 0 Dec 11 11:45:13 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 CMEX: failed to receive online_ack PIC 1 Dec 11 11:45:13 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 idl decode err -1 magic 5022 Dec 11 11:45:13 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 idl decode err -1 magic 5022 Dec 11 11:45:23 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 CMEX: failed to receive online_ack PIC 0 Dec 11 11:45:23 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 CMEX: failed to receive online_ack PIC 1 Dec 11 11:45:24 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 idl decode err -1 magic 5022 Dec 11 11:45:24 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 idl decode err -1 magic 5022 Dec 11 11:45:34 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 CMEX: failed to receive online_ack PIC 0 Dec 11 11:45:34 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 CMEX: failed to receive online_ack PIC 1 Dec 11 11:45:34 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 idl decode err -1 magic 5022 Dec 11 11:45:34 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 idl decode err -1 magic 5022 Dec 11 11:45:44 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 CMEX: failed to receive online_ack PIC 0 Dec 11 11:45:44 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 CMEX: failed to receive online_ack PIC 1 Dec 11 11:45:45 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 idl decode err -1 magic 5022 Dec 11 11:45:45 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 idl decode err -1 magic 5022 Dec 11 11:45:55 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 CMEX: failed to receive online_ack PIC 0 Dec 11 11:45:55 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 CMEX: failed to receive online_ack PIC 1 Dec 11 11:45:55 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 idl decode err -1 magic 5022 Dec 11 11:45:56 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 idl decode err -1 magic 5022 Dec 11 11:46:05 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 CMEX: failed to receive online_ack PIC 0 Dec 11 11:46:05 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 CMEX: failed to receive online_ack PIC 1 Dec 11 11:46:06 sw00-ex4600-lab-acc18 fpc3 idl decode err -1 magic 5022
I don't know if that indiciates a hardware problem maybe?
However: the software on the VC and the new member switch is slightly different.
VC: 14.1X53-D27.3
New Member: 14.1X53-D52.4
It is my understanding that this is only a newer build date but generally the same version. But I'm unable to find any information if that could be a reason for the member not to join the VC. Thanks for any support!