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System Monitoring
Monitoring overview........................................................................................................ 51
Determining the status of a line card...............................................................................51
Determining the status of a management module.......................................................... 60
Determining the status of a switch fabric module............................................................61
Determining the status of a power supply....................................................................... 63
Determining the status of a fan....................................................................................... 65
Determining the status of a CID card.............................................................................. 66
Monitoring overview
The Brocade device is engineered for reliability and requires no routine operational steps or
maintenance. This section provides information about determining the status of each component using
LEDs and CLI commands. Refer to the Network OS Administration Guide for additional information.
There are two commands that can be especially helpful in monitoring the health status of various device
components. These commands are show chassis and the various show environment commands. For
details about these commands, refer to the Network OS Command Reference.
Determining the status of a line card
Use the following procedure to determine the status of a line card.
1. Locate the LEDs on the line card. Refer to the line card illustrations in the following sections.
The LED patterns may temporarily change during POST and other diagnostic tests. For information
about how to interpret the LED patterns, refer to Interpreting the line card LED indicators on page
56.
2. Use the show linecard or show slots command to determine if the line cards are enabled. The line
cards are labeled L1 through L8 in the output. The show linecard command limits the output to the
line card slots only.
3. Use the show interface command to determine the status of the interfaces (ports) on the line card,
Locating the LEDs on the line card
Use the following illustrations to locate the LEDs on the line cards available on the device.Full views
and close-ups are provided for each line card.
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