Minimum Number Of Power Supplies Required; Power Supply Leds - Avaya Virtual Services Platform 9010 Manual

You can operate the 9006AC power supplies separately, or in parallel, or parallel redundant
configurations.
Important:
Avaya recommends that you install each power supply on its own dedicated branch circuit for
electrical installation reasons.

Minimum number of power supplies required

To configure a Virtual Services Platform 9000 system, consider the total power consumption to
ensure proper system performance. For more information about the number of power supplies
required for your configuration, see Installing the Avaya Virtual Services Platform 9000,
NN46250-304.
To determine how many power supplies you need, you can also download ERS 8000 / VSP 9000
Power Supply Calculator, NN48500–519 from the System Management & Planning section of the
Virtual Services Platform 9000 product documentation at https://support.avaya.com.
If the total power provided by the power supplies falls below the switch requirement, the polling
software displays the following message on the console: chCheckPowerUsage: One or more
cards running low on power.
You can view the total amount of power the switch uses, and the total amount of power the power
supplies provide by using the following commands:
• Shows power information – show sys-info power
• Shows power management information – show sys power

Power supply LEDs

The following table describes the LED operation for the AC power supplies.
Table 1: Power supply LEDs
AC OK (green) DC OK (green)
On On
On On
On Off
On Off
On Off
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Service (amber) Fault (red)
Off Off
On Off
On On
Off On
Off On
Installing AC Power Supplies in Avaya VSP 9000
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Minimum number of power supplies required
Condition
OK
Thermal alarm (5C before
shutdown)
Thermal shutdown
Defective fan
Blown AC fuse in unit
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