Brocade FastIron Edge X-Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Part Number: 53-1002499-02
Managing the FastIron Compact Switch
Overview
This section contains information about refining the configuration of, monitoring, and managing the following components:
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Temperature and fan settings for the FESX
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Management module CPU usage
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MAC address entries (removing)
Viewing the device type
For the FESX and FESXE, the output of the
show chassis
command displays the device type.
Managing temperature settings and fan speed on
FastIron X Series compact switches
This section describes how to manage the temperature and fan speed settings on FastIron X Series compact switches (FESX and
FESX-E).
Temperature sensors
The FastIron X Series compact switches have two temperature sensors; one at the air intake, and the other at the exhaust. The software
reads the temperature sensors according to the device poll time, which is 60 seconds by default.
If the temperature equals or exceeds the shutdown temperature for five minutes or for five consecutive polls of the temperature by the
software (depending on the software version running on your device), the software will either reset and reload the software or shut down
the device to prevent damage.
Compact switches with 48 ports use the exhaust-side temperature sensor against the configured or default temperature threshold to
determine at which speed the fans should operate. Depending on the temperature readings, the system can do the following:
Brocade#show chassis
Chassis Type: FESX424HF-PREM
Power supply 1 (NA - NA - Regular) present, status ok
Power supply 2 not present
Fan 1 ok
Fan 2 ok
Exhaust Side Temperature Readings:
Current temperature : 15.0 deg-C
Warning level.......: 85.0 deg-C
Shutdown level......: 90.0 deg-C
Intake Side Temperature Readings:
Current temperature : 14.0 deg-C
Boot Prom MAC: 000c.dbda.79a0
