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Cisco 10000 Series Routers Line Card Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 18 Troubleshooting the Installation
Packet Over SONET Line Card Troubleshooting Information
Packet Over SONET Line Card Troubleshooting Information
Table 18-5 provides information on which symptom, possible cause, and corrective action apply to each
of the Packet Over SONET line cards.
Table 18-5 Packet Over SONET Line Card Troubleshooting Information
Symptom Possible Cause Corrective Action
OC-3/
STM-1
POS
OC-12
POS
OC-48/
STM-16
POS
The FAIL LED does not
light when the line card is
inserted into a slot. (The
power on the line card has
not turned on.)
The line card is not properly
seated.
Be sure the ejector levers are closed
and the captive screws tightened.
YYY
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 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.
2. Remove the line card and put it
in another chassis slot.
Defective line card. Replace the line card.
Chassis not powered on or PRE
not in chassis.
Check that the chassis power
supplies are turned on and that the
PRE is powered up.
The FAIL LED blinks at
the rate of 10 times per
second when the line card
is inserted into a slot.
(The line card has
detected a slot parity
error.)
The line card is not properly
seated.
Be sure the ejector levers are closed
and the captive screws tightened.
YYY
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 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.
2. Remove the line card and put it
in another chassis slot.
Defective line card. Replace the line card.