Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

Problem Solving Using a Subsystems Approach

Troubleshooting the Cooling Subsystem

Check the following to help isolate a problem with the cooling subsystem:

Table 5-2 Troubleshooting the Cooling Subsystem

Symptom

Possible Cause

Possible Solution

 

 

 

System displays the following message:

One or more fans are not operating.

Contact a service

Router: 00:03:46:%ENVM-3-BLOWER:Fan 2 may have

 

representative.

 

 

failed

 

 

 

 

 

System shuts down, some fans may or may not

One or more fans are not operating.

Contact a service

continue to rotate, and this error message is

The fans are operating too slowly.

representative.

displayed:

 

The power supply is not operating.

 

Queued messages:

 

 

 

%ENVM-1-SHUTDOWN: Environmental Monitor

To determine if the fans are operating, listen

 

initiated shutdown

for them. In noisy environments, place your

 

This error message indicates that the system has

hand on the rear of the chassis to feel if air is

 

being forced out the vents.

 

detected an overtemperature condition or

 

 

 

out-of-tolerance power condition inside the chassis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heated exhaust air from other equipment is

Move other

 

entering the router’s inlet vents.

equipment or the

 

 

router to ensure

 

 

proper airflow.

 

 

 

System shuts down and this error message

The error message could indicate a faulty

Contact a service

is displayed:

component or temperature sensor. Before the

representative.

Queued messages:

system shuts down, use the show

 

environment or show environment table

 

%ENVM-1-SHUTDOWN: Environmental Monitor

 

initiated shutdown

command to display the internal chassis

 

 

environment. See Chapter 3, “Starting and

 

This error message indicates that the system has

Configuring,” the “Reporting Functions”

 

section on page 3-5for descriptions of the

 

detected an overtemperature condition or

 

show environment and show environment

 

out-of-tolerance power condition inside the chassis.

 

table commands.

 

Note The system fans may continue to operate

 

 

 

although the system shuts down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If an environmental shutdown results from an

If the system still fails

 

out-of-tolerance power condition, the system

to come up when the

 

shuts down.

power supply is

 

 

connected to a

 

 

different power

 

 

source with a new

 

 

power cable, the

 

 

power supply is

 

 

probably faulty.

 

 

Contact a service

 

 

representative.

 

 

 

Cisco 7401ASR Installation and Configuration Guide

 

OL-5419-01 B0

5-5

 

 

 

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