Installation Best Practices; Initialization Best Practices; Switch Operation Best Practices; Power Supply Conditions - Cisco Nexus 6000 Installation Manual

Power Supply Conditions

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Installation Best Practices

When installing the switch, follow these best practices:
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Initialization Best Practices

When the initial system boot is complete, verify the following:
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Switch Operation Best Practices

To ensure proper operation of your switch, take the following actions:
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Power Supply Conditions
The two LEDs on each power supply indicate the power status for each power supply. To determine the
current status for a power supply unit, note which LED is on, blinking, or off and refer to
Table E-1
Power Supply Condition
No power to all power supplies.
Power supply failure, including overvoltage, overcurrent,
overtemperature, and fan failure.
Power supply warning events where the power supply
continues to operate. These events include high
temperature, high power, and slow fan.
AC present, 3.3 voltage standby (VSB) on, and the power
supply unit is off.
Power supply on and OK.
Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
E-2
Plan your site configuration and prepare the site before installing the chassis.
Verify that you have the appropriate power supplies for your chassis configuration.
Install the chassis following the rack and airflow guidelines presented in this guide.
Verify that the chassis is adequately grounded.
Power supplies are supplying power to the system.
Fan modules are operating normally.
The system software boots successfully.
Make a copy of the running configuration to CompactFlash for a safe backup.
Always enter the copy running-config startup-config CLI command after you modify the running
configuration and ensure that the system is operating properly.
Never use the init system CLI command unless you understand that you will lose the running and
startup configuration as well as the files stored on bootflash:.
Keep backup copies of the running kickstart and the system images on CompactFlash.
Power Supply Conditions
Appendix E Troubleshooting Hardware Components
Power LED Status Fail LED Status
Off Off
Off On
Off Blinking
Blinking Off
On Off
Table E-1.
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