Installation guide

DFE-Platinum Series Hardware Installation Guide 4-1

Troubleshooting

Thischapterprovidesinformationconcerningthefollowing:

Unlessotherwisenoted,thefollowinginforma tionappliestoallDFEmodules.

Using LANVIEW

Themodulesuseabuilt‐invisualdiagnosticandstatusmonitoringsystemcalledLANVIEW.The

LANVIEWLEDs(Figure 4‐1)allowquickobservationofthenetworkstatustoaidindiagnosing

networkproblems.

About the Management (MGMT) LED

TheMGMTLED(showninFigure 4‐1)indicateswhenthemoduleisservingastheManagement

ModuletocontrolthemanagementfunctionsforallDFEmodulesinthechassis.TheManagement

ModulehandlesallIPrequeststothechassisIPaddress,suchasPING,Telnet,SNMP,andHTTP.

TheManagement

ModulealsohandlestheCLIconfigurationsessionsbymeansoftheconsole

port.So,whenyouplugintoaDFEmoduleCOMporttoconfigureamoduleinthechassis,itis

handledbytheManagementModuleregardlessoftheDFEmoduleCOMportthatyouuse.

Viewing the Receive and Transmit Activity

Onthe7G4202‐72and7G4282‐49,youcanviewthereceiveand transmitactivityontheRXandTX

LEDs.However,onlyonegroupofportsmaybeviewedatatime.Onthe7G4282‐49,thereare8

portspergroup.Onthe7G4202‐72,thereare20ports

pergroup.

Toviewthereceiveandtransmitactivityonagroupofattachedseg m ents,presstheGROUP

SELECTbutton(seeFigure 4‐1)tosteptothegroupofinterest(Groups1‐3forthe7G4202‐72,and

Groups1–5forthe7G4282‐49).EachtimetheGROUPSELECTbutton

ispressed,theGROUPLED

lightsupinsequence,indicatingwhichgroupisselected.Thereceiveandtransmitactivityforthat

groupofsegmentsisthenindicatedbytheRXandTXLEDsforeachport.

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Using LANVIEW 4-1

Troubleshooting Checklist 4-4

Overview of DFE-Platinum Module Shutdown Procedure 4-6

Recommended Shutdown Procedure Using OFFLINE/RESET Switch 4-7

Last Resort Shutdown Procedure Using OFFLINE/RESET Switch 4-7