Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Initial Startup Problems

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

This error message indicates that the system

Contact a service

 

continue to rotate, and the following error message is

has detected an overtemperature condition or

representative.

 

displayed:

out-of-tolerance power condition inside the

 

 

 

Queued messages:

chassis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

%ENVM-1-SHUTDOWN: Environmental Monitor

One or more fans are not operating.

 

 

 

initiated shutdown

The fans are operating too slowly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The power supply is not operating.

 

 

 

 

 

 

To determine if the fans are operating, listen

 

 

 

 

 

 

for them. In noisy environments, place your

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

being forced out the vents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 the following 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 Router,” the “Reporting

 

 

 

Functions” section on page 3-6for

 

 

 

detected an overtemperature condition or

 

 

 

descriptions of the show environment and

 

 

 

out-of-tolerance power condition inside the chassis.

 

 

 

show environment 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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