Bootup Diagnostics; Recognizing Bootup Failure; Troubleshoot Bootup Failure; Environmental Monitoring - Dell Force10 C150 Configuration Manual

FTOS actually saves up to three persistent files depending upon the type of failure. When reporting an
RPM failover triggered by a loss of the IPC or IRC heartbeats, look for failure records in the following
directories:
— Application or kernel core dump RP in the CORE_DUMP_DIR
— CP trace log file (look for a filename with the phrase "failure_trace") in the
— RP and/or CP sysinfo file in the CRASH_LOG_DIR, as explained above

Bootup diagnostics

During bootup and reset of a card, diagnostics check the status of key hardware sub-components and verify
that all ASICs initialize successfully.

Recognizing bootup failure

Any detected failures or errors during bootup are reported via Syslog. The messages in
Message 6 might be reported for line card failures and RPMs, respectively.
Message 5 Line Card Boot Up Failure Syslog Messages
%CHAGT-5-LINK_STATUS_DOWN: Link status bad for port pipe [number] on line card [number]
%CHAGT-5-PORT PIPE DOWN: Port pipe [number] down or errored on line card [number]
Message 6 RPM Boot Up Failure Syslog Messages
%CHMGR-2-RPM_ISOLATED: Active RPM is unable to talk to line cards
%CHMGR-3-RAM_STANDBY_RPM_FAULT: Secondary RPM fault detected
%CHMGR-3-RPM_POST_PORTPIPE_FAIL: RPM port pipe fails on boot up test
%CHMGR-3-RPM_DRIVER_OPEN_FAIL: RPM driver open fails on boot up
%CHMGR-3-RPM_SWITCH_OPEN_FAIL: RPM switch driver fails on boot up
%CHMGR-3-RPM_POST_RTC_FAIL: RPM RTC fails on boot up test

Troubleshoot bootup failure

If these messages are seen, collect the output of the
the Dell Force10 Technical Assistance Center.

Environmental monitoring

All C-Series components use environmental monitoring hardware to detect overtemperature, undervoltage,
and overvoltage conditions. Use the
or minor alarm conditions. The output in
TRACE_LOG_DIR
show environment
show console lp
command to monitor the components for any major
Figure 60-5 displays the environment status of the RPM.
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