DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 7
Maintenance for R7r
555-230-126 Issue 4
June 1999
Initialization and Recovery
4-16SPE-Down Command Interface
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Bringing the SPE Back into Service
!WARNING:

In a sy stem w ith d upli cate d SPEs, a spon taneo us SPE int erch ange may

occ ur if t he ac tive SPE i s not i n goo d health and either

— an unl ocke d SPE co mple tes it s rebo ot and handshake is
reestablished
— a loc ked SPE i n whic h the Stand by Ma intena nce Monito r (SMM) is
running is unlocked
!WARNING:

Use the status spe command to determine the health of the active SPE and

whether an interchange will occ ur.

Once all tes ts pa ss usi ng th e SPE-dow n inte rfac e, the SPE shoul d be comp etent
to return to service. There are however certain proble ms which will not show up in
testing that may prevent this. Follow the app ropriate procedure b elow to bring
the SPE b ack u p.
Simplex SPE
After the reboot command is ente red, a series of diagnostic s is run on the SPE.
Results are displayed as they occur, as described in preceding sections. If all
tests pass, the boot imag e is loaded and c ontrol is given to the operating system.
If you cannot get the SPE to reboot after replacing the components that failed
SPE-down interface tests, follow normal escalation p rocedures.
Duplicated SPE
The physical connection o f the terminal to the STANDBY connector, while the
SPE is loc ked stand by w ith th e SPE-Sele ct swi tche s, pr event s the St andb y
Maintenance Monitor (SMM) from running. Thus, any reboot c ommand to the
standby while in this state will ab ort. To reboot an SPE that is locked standby and
has a t ermin al co nnec ted t o it, s impl y move the SPE-SEL ECT switc hes to the
AUTO position one at a time. This will automatically cause the standby SPE to
reboot and its progress is d isplayed on the terminal. Moving the switches bac k to
the locked position will c ause the reboot to abort.
To reboot the standby SPE and have it remain locked standb y following the
reboot, use the following proc edure:
1. Start the reboot by moving the SPE-Select switches one at a time to the
AUTO position.