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Release-note
Cards on one rack show "Card Type" UNKNOWN. Possible cases: 1) ECP "Card Type" shows UNKNOWN B0/CB0 NCS6K-CC-XRV OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT B1/CB0 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT F0/SC0 NCS-F-SCSW OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT F0/SC1 NCS-F-SCSW OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT F0/FC2 NCS-F-FC2 OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 2) Cards on LCC shows UNKNOWN sysadmin-vm:0_RP1:AMSNCS02-MC# show platform Mon Apr 27 16:57:43.292 UTC+00:00 Location Card Type HW State SW State Config State ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0/0 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT 0/1 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT 0/2 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT 0/3 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT 0/4 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT 0/6 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT 0/7 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT 0/RP0 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT 0/RP1 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT 0/FC0 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 0/FC1 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 0/FC2 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 0/FC3 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 0/FC4 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 0/FC5 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 0/CI0 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 0/FT0 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 0/FT1 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 0/PT0 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 0/PT1 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 0/PT2 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 0/PT3 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 0/PT4 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 0/PT5 UNKNOWN OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 1/0 NC6-20X100GE-L-C OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT 1/1 NC6-20X100GE-L-C OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT 1/2 NC6-20X100GE-M-C OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT 1/3 NC6-20X100GE-M-C OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT 1/RP0 NC6-RP OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT 1/RP1 NC6-RP OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT 1/FC0 NC6-FC2-U OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 1/FC1 NC6-FC2-U OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 1/FC2 NC6-FC2-U OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 1/FC3 NC6-FC2-U OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 1/FC4 NC6-FC2-U OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 1/FC5 NC6-FC2-U OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 1/CI0 NCS-CRFT OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 1/FT0 NC6-FANTRAY-2 OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 1/FT1 NC6-FANTRAY-2 OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 1/PT0 NCS-DC-PWRTRAY OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 1/PT1 NCS-DC-PWRTRAY OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 1/PT2 NCS-DC-PWRTRAY OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 1/PT3 NCS-DC-PWRTRAY OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 1/PT4 NCS-DC-PWRTRAY OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT 1/PT5 NCS-DC-PWRTRAY OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT B0/CB0 NCS6K-CC-XRV OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT B1/CB0 NCS6K-CC-XRV OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT F0/SC0 NCS-F-SCSW OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT F0/SC1 NCS-F-SCSW OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL NSHUT F0/FC0 NCS-F-FC2 OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/FC1 NCS-F-FC2 OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/FC2 NCS-F-FC2 OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/FC3 NCS-F-FC2 OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/FC4 NCS-F-FC2 OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/FC5 NCS-F-FC2 OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/FC6 NCS-F-FC2 OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/FC7 NCS-F-FC2 OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/FC8 NCS-F-FC2 OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/FC9 NCS-F-FC2 OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/FC10 NCS-F-FC2 OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/FC11 NCS-F-FC2 OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/CI0 NCS-CRFT OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/FT0 NCS-F-FANTRAY OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/FT1 NCS-F-FANTRAY OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/PT0 NCS-DC-PWRTRAY OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/PT1 NCS-DC-PWRTRAY OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/PT2 NCS-DC-PWRTRAY OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/PT3 NCS-DC-PWRTRAY OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/SW0 NCS-F-SCSW (SW) OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT F0/SW1 NCS-F-SCSW (SW) OPERATIONAL N/A NSHUT
When SM service is active on either B0/CB0 or B1/CB0 and then the other CC is reloaded, then the issue could be hit. ‘show platform’ displays UNKNOWN for the CC that has active SM service. What happened was that on reload of the CC, shelf_mgr sent DOWN state to rack-scoped inventory on both B0/CB0 and B1/CB0 and then both databases were deleted. When the reloaded CC comes back up, the database on that CC repopulates. The database on the other CC remains empty and so ‘show platform’ displays UNKNOWN for it. The same scenario described above can apply for LCC racks. Known trigger is ECP reload
There is no workaround. To recover from this issue after the problem is hit restart shelf_mgr process where SM service is active.
If a UFC (Universal Fabric Card) crashes or is reloaded while SM reports it as unknown card type it will remain in a failed state and not boot back up until the recovery actions for CSCvr38788 is performed. This result in the loss of the fabric plane associated with the UFC. If a line cards crashes or is manually reloaded while SM reports it as unknown card type it will initially fail to reload and then go HW and SW operational after about 5 minutes. If an RP card crashes or is manually reloaded while SM reports it as unknown card type it will initially fail to reload and then go HW and SW operational after about 5 minutes.