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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Software Configuration Guide—Release 8.7
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Chapter 22 Administering the Switch
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental monitoring of chassis components provides early warning indications of possible
component failure to ensure safe and reliable system operation and avoid network interruptions. This
section describes how to monitor these critical system components, enabling you to identify and rapidly
correct the hardware-related problems in your system.
The following sections describe the environmental monitors:
•
Environmental Monitoring Using CLI Commands, page 22-15
•
LED Indications, page 22-15
Environmental Monitoring Using CLI Commands
Enter the
show test
[
mod
] command to display the errors that are reported from the diagnostic tests. If
you do not specify a module number, the test statistics are given for the general system and for the
module in slot 1. If there are no errors, PASS is displayed in the Line Card Status field.
Enter the
show environment
[
temperature
|
all
|
power
] command to display the system status
information. The keyword descriptions are as follows:
•
temperature
—(Optional) Displays temperature information.
•
all
—(Optional) Displays environmental status (for example, power supply, fan status, and
temperature information) and information about the power that is available to the system.
•
power
—(Optional) Displays environmental power information.
Note
By default, the alarm thresholds for environment temperature are set on each hardware component. You
cannot modify the thresholds.
LED Indications
There are two alarm types, major and minor. The major alarms indicate a critical problem that could lead
to the system being shut down. The minor alarms are for informational purposes only, giving you notice
of a problem that could turn critical if corrective action is not taken.
When the system has an alarm (major or minor), indicating an overtemperature condition, the alarm is
not canceled or any action taken (such as a module reset or shutdown) for 5 minutes. If the temperature
falls 5°C (41°F) below the alarm threshold during this period, the alarm is canceled.
Table 22-2
lists the environmental indicators for the supervisor engine and switching modules.
Note
For additional information on the LED indications, refer to the
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Module
Installation Guide
.