GigFlapping


Packets dropping...
Console locking...
Boss is knocking...

GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again
and the router's in disarray
GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again
Now I think it's time to RMA

GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again
and they're never going to be the same
GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again
gotta find an SE to blame

Pinging with no reply
Pinging with no reply

You got your STM
over 1310
You got your SRP
which is DPT

You got your Sonet Rings connected via DPT
You got your OC3's to your ISP

Oh, fiber cut, ports are shut, man this sucks

GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again
and the router's in disarray
GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again
Now I think it's time to RMA

GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again
and they're never going to be the same
GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again
gotta find an SE to blame

Pinging with no reply
Pinging with no reply

You got your Single Mode
you got your Multimode
you got your GBICs
and your new ASICs


You had a fiber cut and your service dipped
and it's all running through the same conduit

Oh, field notice, please help us, failed bus

GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again
and the router's in disarray
GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again
Now I think it's time to RMA

GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again
and they're never going to be the same
GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again
gotta find an SE to blame

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GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again (packets dropping)
and the router's in disarray (console locking)
GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again (boss is knocking)
Now I think it's time to RMA

GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again (pinging with no reply)
and they're never going to be the same (pinging with no reply)
GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again (pinging with no reply)
damaging the passive backplane (pinging with no reply)

GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again (packets dropping)
and the router's in disarray (console locking)
GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again (boss is knocking)
Now I think it's time to RMA

GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again (pinging with no reply)
and they're never going to be the same (pinging with no reply)
GigE ports down, wait, now they're up again (pinging with no reply)
damaging the passive backplane (pinging with no reply)

...[FADE]

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Backup Verses

You got your ethernet
you got your serial
you got your bri (gbics?)
you got your console

BLSR
STM
1310
Cross Connects
UPSR
ITU spacing
HSRO
dpt
srp
ieee
802.1ad
itu grid




backplane with bent pins




You got your Appletalk
you got your Token Ring
you got your Cat 3
and your 10 Base T


You got your cable modem ranging on the upstream
and the 10k covered with black coffee

You have dual fiber runs for redundancy
but your optics are covered with debris
conduit
drop shipped
round trip
microchip


redundancy
guarantee
coffee
disagree
for me
Jayshree
debris

fiber
subscriber


upstream
theme
extreme
lightbeam
pipe dream
scream