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Cisco 10000 Series Routers Line Card Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 18 Troubleshooting the Installation
Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet Line Card Troubleshooting Information
The FAIL LED blinks
at the rate of 10 times
per second when the
line card is inserted
into a slot.
The line card is not properly
seated.
Be sure the ejector levers are
closed and the captive screws
tightened.
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Bad line card connector or bad
backplane connector.
1. Carefully check both the line
card backplane connector and
chassis backplane connector
for bent or damaged pins. If
the linecard has damaged
pins, replace the line card. If
the backplane connector has
damaged pins, replace the
chassis or temporarily move
the line card to another slot.
2. Remove the line card and put
it in another chassis slot.
Defective line card. Replace the line card.
The FAIL LED blinks
at a slower rate than
10 times per second
when the line card is
inserted into a slot.
The line card is experiencing an
error while trying to boot and is
either resetting itself or being
reset by the PRE.
The line card has been
recognized by Cisco IOS but is
experiencing an issue while
running functional code.
1. Be sure the ejector levers are
closed and the captive screws
tightened.
2. Carefully check both the line
card backplane connector and
chassis backplane connector
for bent or damaged pins. If
the line card has damaged
pins, replace the line card. If
the backplane connector has
damaged pins, replace the
chassis or temporarily move
the line card to another slot.
3. Remove the line card and put
it in another chassis slot.
4. Replace the line card.
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Table 18-3 Troubleshooting Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet Line Cards (continued)
Symptom Possible Cause Corrective Action
Fast
Ethernet
Gigabit
Ethernet
Half
Height
Gigabit
Ethernet