Chapter 1 Cisco XR 12404 Router Overview

Consolidated Switch Fabric Card

Consolidated Switch Fabric Card

The Cisco XR 12404 router CSF card contains the following functionality:

Alarm notification and power source monitoring

Switch fabric synchronized speed interconnections

Clock and scheduler synchronization signaling

Alarm Functionality

The CSF card alarm functionality provides visual alarm notification of a fault condition. The alarm card function indicates the following condition.

Alarm status

CSF MBus

Alarm MBus status

Fan fault monitoring

AC or DC power source status

DC PEM status

The 5V MBus power supply has been integrated onto the CSF permitting the use of generic PEMs in the chassis. The Cisco XR 12404 router can monitor for the PEM for these conditions:

The operational status

Output voltage

Output current.

Alarm Output Function

The alarm output function is controlled by the software on the route processor. When a signal is received from the route processor the alarm MBus module on the CSF card activates specific LEDs to signal a condition that is critical, major, or minor.

 

 

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