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P3 INC-1008 · Easy · reported by Mira Kälin (Monitoring)
Lugano: network alarm, no user impact so far
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Mira Kälin (Monitoring) Report 14:53:00
Since 14:53 we see alarms in Lugano: a link alarm on sw-lug-1. Users don't complain so far, but please check before we lose the redundancy for good. Can the NOC take a look?
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NOC-POC System 15:38:00
SLA breached: nobody solved this incident in time. The fault was repaired.
Post-mortem
- Root cause
- jdoe's configuration change on sw-lug-1 administratively shut its uplink.
- Fault
- Bad config change (wrong uplink shut)
- Right answer
- D: Roll back the last configuration change on sw-lug-1
- Solved by
- Nobody: SLA breached
At 14:52:59 jdoe changed the configuration of sw-lug-1 and shut Gi1/1/1 (UPLINK rtr-lug-1 Gi0/1/0) instead of an unused port. The change cut off sw-lug-1.
Causal chain
- jdoe's configuration change on sw-lug-1 administratively shut its uplink.
- rtr-lug-1--sw-lug-1 stopped carrying traffic; the devices at both ends logged the loss (if they could reach srv-mon).
- Redundancy carried the traffic after convergence: nothing else became unreachable.
- What was noticed: monitoring alarms only; users kept working on the redundant path.
Why the other options were wrong
- Reboot dist-brn-1 remotely: it showed a CPU spike at the same time Wrong: it assumed a reboot of dist-brn-1 would clear it. dist-brn-1's CPU spike was routine background noise (a scheduled job), unrelated. The cause: jdoe's configuration change on sw-lug-1 administratively shut its uplink.
- Open a ticket with the MPLS provider for the Lugano access circuit Wrong: it assumed the MPLS provider had an outage. the MPLS provider had no incident: their circuit was clean and all their counters green. The cause: jdoe's configuration change on sw-lug-1 administratively shut its uplink.
- Reload sw-lug-1 and upgrade it to the fixed release (memory leak bug) Wrong: it assumed sw-lug-1 suffered from a software bug. sw-lug-1 was fine in that respect. The cause: jdoe's configuration change on sw-lug-1 administratively shut its uplink.
Timeline
- 14:53:00 INC-1008 opened: Lugano: network alarm, no user impact so far (Mira Kälin (Monitoring))
- 15:38:00 SLA breached; fault repaired
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