Important: This chapter assumes that you have followed all previous instructions in this guide pertaining to physical installation and cabling of the chassis, its sub-components, and application and line cards.
Important: If no SMCs are installed, or if they are installed incorrectly, no other card installed in the system will boot.
Step 8Caution: Do not operate the chassis if any slots are uncovered. This reduces airflow through the chassis and could cause it to overheat. Make sure a card or blanking panel is installed in every chassis slot at all times.
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Step dImportant: As the system progresses through its boot process, some cards may have no immediate LED activity. Line cards have sporadic Link and Activity LED activity. It is recommended that you allow several minutes elapse prior to checking the LEDs on the various cards to verify the installation.
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• Verify that the POWER LEDs on the PFUs are green. If they are not, refer to the Checking the LED on the PFU(s) section in this chapter for troubleshooting information.
• Verify that the Run/Fail LED is green. If so, the card is receiving power and POST test results are positive. If it is off, please refer to the SMC Run/Fail LED States section of this chapter for troubleshooting information.
• Verify that the Run/Fail LED is green. If so, the card is receiving power and POST test results are positive. If it is off, please refer to the SMC Run/Fail LED States section of this chapter for troubleshooting information on.
Verify that the Run/Fail LED is green. If so, the card is receiving power and POST test results are positive. If it is off, refer to the SMC Run/Fail LED States section of this chapter for troubleshooting information.
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• Verify that the Run/Fail LED is green. If so, the card is receiving power and POST test results are positive. If it is off, please refer to the PSC, PSC2, and PPC Run/Fail LED States section of this chapter for troubleshooting information.
• Verify that the Run/Fail LED is green. If so, the card is receiving power and POST test results are positive. If it is off, please refer to the PSC, PSC2, and PPC Run/Fail LED States section of this chapter for information on troubleshooting.
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• Verify that the POWER LEDs on the PFUs are green. If they are not, refer to the Checking the LED on the PFU(s) section in this chapter for troubleshooting information.
Card is not receiving power OR Card is in Standby Mode
• Verify that the Run/Fail LED is green. If so, the card is receiving power and POST test results are positive. If it is off, refer to the SPIO Run/Fail LED States section of this chapter for troubleshooting information.
Card is not receiving power OR Card is in Active Mode
• Verify that the Run/Fail LED is green. If so, the card is receiving power and POST test results are positive. If it is off, refer to the SPIO Run/Fail LED States section of this chapter for information on troubleshooting.Important: During system startup, some Link and/or Activity LEDs may momentarily illuminate. This activity is normal and does not indicate any network link or data transfer status. The line card has not yet been initialized and placed into a stable operational state by the system.
NOTE: This LED will not indicate the presence of a network link until the interface parameters are set during the software configuration process. No power to card OR Link is down
• Verify that the Run/Fail LED is green. If so, the card is receiving power. If it is off, please refer to the SPIO Run/Fail LED States section of this chapter for troubleshooting information.Important: During system startup, some Link and/or Activity LEDs may momentarily illuminate. This activity is normal and does not indicate any network link or data transfer status. The line card has not yet been initialized and placed into a stable operational state by the system.
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Card is not receiving power OR Card in Active Mode
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NOTE: This LED will not indicate the presence of a network link until the interface parameters are set during the software configuration process.
• Verify that the Run/Fail LED is green. If so, the card is receiving power. If it is off, please refer to Ethernet Line Card Run/Fail LED States section for troubleshooting information.Important: During system startup, some Link and/or Activity LEDs may momentarily illuminate. This activity is normal and does not indicate any current network link or data transfer status. The line card has not yet been initialized and placed into a stable operational state by the system.
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• Verify that the Run/Fail LED is green. If so, the card is receiving power and POST test results are positive. If it is off, please refer to the Optical (ATM) Line Card Run/Fail LED States section of this chapter for troubleshooting information.
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• Verify that the Run/Fail LED is green. If so, the card is receiving power and POST test results are positive. If it is off, refer to the DS3/E and DS3/T Run/Fail LED States section of this chapter for troubleshooting information.
Card is not receiving power OR Card in Active Mode
• Verify that the Run/Fail LED is green. If so, the card is receiving power and POST test results are positive. If it is off, refer to the DS3/E and DS3/T Run/Fail LED States section of this chapter for troubleshooting information.
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Refer to Checking the LEDs on Packet Processing Cards section of this chapter to determine which packet processing card has failed. Information on determining the cause of the failure can be found in the Administration and Configuration Reference. Card is not receiving power OR Card in Standby Mode
• Verify that the Run/Fail LED is green. If so, the card is receiving power and POST test results are positive. If it is off, refer to the RCC Run/Fail LED States section of this chapter for troubleshooting information.
• Verify that the Run/Fail LED is green. If so, the card is receiving power and POST test results are positive. If it is off, refer to the RCC Run/Fail LED States section of this chapter for troubleshooting information.
• Check the state of the Active LED. If it is green, the card is in active mode and the RCC is actively routing traffic from a line card installed behind a packet processing card that has failed. Refer to Checking the LEDs on Packet Processing Cards section of this chapter to determine which packet processing card has failed. Information on determining the cause of the failure can be found in the Administration and Configuration Reference.
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