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System Monitoring

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Monitoring overview.........................................................................................................................................................................................................87

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Determining the status of a line card......................................................................................................................................................................87

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Determining the status of a management module........................................................................................................................................94

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Determining the status of a switch fabric module..........................................................................................................................................96

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Determining the status of a power supply...........................................................................................................................................................97

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Determining the status of a fan.................................................................................................................................................................................98

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Determining the status of a CID card.................................................................................................................................................................. 100

Monitoring overview

The Brocade device is engineered for reliability and requires no routine operational steps or maintenance. This section provides
information about determining the status of each component using LEDs and CLI commands. Refer to the

Network OS Administration

Guide

for additional information.

There are two commands that can be especially helpful in monitoring the health status of various device components. These commands
are show chassis and the various show environment commands. For details about these commands, refer to the

Network OS Command

Reference

Determining the status of a line card

Use the following procedure to determine the status of a line card.

Locate the LEDs on the line card. Refer to the line card illustrations in the following sections.

The LED patterns may temporarily change during POST and other diagnostic tests. For information about how to interpret the
LED patterns, refer to

Interpreting the line card LED indicators

on page 92.

2. Use the show linecard or show slots command to determine if the line cards are enabled. The line cards are labeled L1 through

L8 in the output. The show linecard command limits the output to the line card slots only.

3. Use the show interface command to determine the status of the interfaces (ports) on the line card,

Locating the LEDs on the line card

Use the following illustrations to locate the LEDs on the line cards available on the device.Full views and close-ups are provided for each
line card.

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