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DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 6
Maintenance for R6vs/si
555-230-127
Issue 1
August 1997
Reliability Systems: A Maintenance Aid
Page 6-33Blocking Standby SPE Maintenance Activities for System Testing
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Maintenance activity is performed automatically on the Standby SPE after the
SPE Select Switches are returned to their AUTO positions in Step 4. This can be
verified by issuing the status system command and noting that the Standby SPE
is labeled as “maint.” The maintenance activity takes from 10 to 30 minutes to
complete. (The time required for the maintenance activity to complete depends
upon the number of TN765 Processor Interface circuit packs, the number of
administered ports on the Processor Interface circuit packs, the number of
administered data channels on the TN777B Network Control circuit pack, and the
current load on the system.) The completion of the maintenance activity can be
verified by issuing the status system command and noting whether the Standby
SPE is labeled as ”standby.”
Although not recommended at this stage of the procedure, the maintenance
activity on the Standby SPE can be preempted using the refresh spe-standby
command. To preempt the maintenance activity, continue issuing the refresh
spe-standby command followed by status system command until the status
system form shows that the Standby SPE is labeled ”standby.”
It may be necessary to issue the refresh spe-standby command multiple times
to preempt all Standby SPE maintenance activity. If the refresh spe-standby
command successfully completes five times without the Standby SPE becoming
labeled “standby” on the status system form, wait 20 minutes. This does not
include cases where the command completes with the G3MT terminal message
line errors “Refresh not successful; use ‘display errors’ to check for STBY-SPE
errors” or “Cannot interrupt Standby SPE while entering maintenance mode;
please try later.”
Issue the refresh spe-standby command once more.