Blade Fault Indicators

Confirm that you need to replace the CP blade. The following events may indicate that a CP blade is faulty:

  • The status LED on the CP blade is lit steady amber, or the power LED is not illuminated. See Interpreting Control Processor Blade LEDs for details on interpreting LED operation.
  • The CP blade does not respond to telnet commands, or the serial console is not available.
  • The haShow command indicates an error.
  • The clock is inaccurate, or the CP blade does not boot up or shut down normally.
  • Any of the following messages display in the error log:
    • "Slot unknown" message relating to a CP slot
    • CP blade errors or I2C timeouts
    • FRU: FRU_FAULTY messages for a CP blade
    • Configuration loader messages or "Sys PCI config" messages
    • Generic system driver messages ("FABSYS")
    • Platform system driver messages ("Platform")
    • EM messages that indicate a problem with a CP blade
    • Function fail messages for the CP master

See  Using Monitoring Commands and refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for output examples and additional information on Fabric OS commands.

For more information about error messages, refer to the Brocade Fabric OS Message Reference Manual.