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Cisco 10000 Series Routers Line Card Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 18 Troubleshooting the Installation
Unchannelized E3/T3 Line Card Troubleshooting Information
Unchannelized E3/T3 Line Card Troubleshooting Information
Table 18-6 provides information on which symptom, possible cause, and corrective action apply to the
unchannelized E3/T3 line card.
Table 18-6 Unchannelized E3/T3 Line Card Troubleshooting Information
Symptom Possible Cause Corrective Action
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.
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.
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.
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.