3Com 4400 Switch User Manual


 
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Switch. The monitoring system polls the fan status at periodic intervals
while the unit is powered up.
If one fan has failed in the Switch, a warning message will be generated
in the following ways:
RMON Email Notification — If configured, you will receive
notification of the fan failure via email, SMS (Short Message Service),
or pager.
RMON Trap — If configured, an RMON trap is generated and sent to
the management workstation.
For further information about RMON, refer to “Chapter 7: Status
Monitoring and Statistics” in the Switch Implementation Guide supplied
in PDF format on the CD-ROM that accompanies the Switch.
If more than one fan has failed in the Switch, a warning message will be
generated by RMON Email Notification, RMON Trap and also in the
following ways:
Command Line Interface — An indication of a general hardware
failure is provided through the Top level menu displayed when logging
on to the CLI. For more detailed information about the failure select
the system summary command.
Web interface — An indication of fan failure is provided through the
Device Summary table for the specific unit. In addition all Summary
tables turn red to indicate the fan failure.
If a fan failure warning message is generated:
1 Power off the unit.
2 Check that the air vents are not obstructed.
3 Power cycle the unit. To do this, remove and reconnect the AC mains
supply. If the unit has no AC main supply, remove and reconnect the DC
RPS supply.
4 If another fan failure warning message is generated via the Command
Line Interface or the Web interface, return the unit.
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