6.

Isolation Transformer

13.

Isolation Transformers

7.

Power Supply

14.

4 Port PHY

 

 

 

 

Hardware Subsystem

In the following tables, refer to the identified component-area numbers on indicated in the pictures in the proceeding section. The indications of malfunction may be identified either during normal operation, or in response to a specific test. The various tests that may be initiated are shown in subsequent sections.

The information is equally applicable to both the Base Interface and the Fabric Interface switch subsystems unless otherwise noted.

Base

ZMC 0

ZMC 1

Hardware

 

Indications of Malfunction

 

#

#

Subsystem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

3

 

CPU

A CPU failure may be indicated by any of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

following:

 

 

 

 

A failure to run the Power-On-Self-

 

 

 

 

 

Test (POST)

 

 

 

 

A failure to boot the OpenArchitect

 

 

 

 

 

kernel

 

 

 

 

Kernel panics

 

 

 

 

Loss of CPU response sometime after

 

 

 

 

operation is initiated

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

3

RAM

The Ethernet Switch Blade uses SDRAM for

 

 

 

 

the primary CPU memory system. A failure of

 

 

 

 

RAM will generally cause any of the

 

 

 

 

following:

 

 

 

 

Kernel panics

 

 

 

 

Loss of CPU response

 

 

 

 

Unexplained software failures

1

8

 

ROM

The Flash ROM subsystem on the Ethernet

 

 

 

 

Switch Blade is used only on boot-up. The

 

 

 

 

contents are decompressed and copied to RAM

 

 

 

 

memory for further use. A ROM failure will

 

 

 

 

generally cause a failure in the boot process.

9, 10

 

6, 7

Switch Fabric

The Ethernet Switch Blade has four switch

 

 

 

 

fabric chips: 2 for the Base Interface with 24

 

 

 

 

ports, and 2 for the Fabric Interface with 48

 

 

 

 

ports. A Switch Fabric failure may result in

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