[c-nsp] Problems with 6509 upgrade kit - Chris Roberts - net.nether.puck.cisco-nsp

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Chris Roberts	Dec 13, 2004 5:57 am
Neil J. McRae	Dec 13, 2004 7:23 am
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jex...@harding.edu	Dec 13, 2004 11:04 am
Chris Roberts	Jan 8, 2005 1:53 am
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Subject:	[c-nsp] Problems with 6509 upgrade kit	Actions...
From:	Chris Roberts (crob...@bongle.co.uk)
Date:	Jan 8, 2005 1:53:35 am
List:	net.nether.puck.cisco-nsp

Thanks for the ideas.

We have the chassis running at 220-240V (UK) so all should be well there. We've now tried 2 different upgrade kits, both of which have the same problems, with 4 different PSUs. We're going to try some things with the power for our next attempt however all seems well on the power front, with 'sh power' giving good results (900W / 1900W used).

TAC recommended the command 'hw-module fan-tray version 2', however this doesn't exist in our 12.2(18)SXD IOS, although its listed on the website as supported by the Sup720 in 12.2(14)SXD. TAC also claim it should never be needed on a Sup720, however our fan-tray is definitely being recognised as a WS-C6509-NEB-FAN rather than a FAN2, and it 'feels' like there's something simple like this missing.

TAC also claim it is most likely a chassis problem, and want us to send them the Sup720s, all the PSUs and fan trays for testing and proving in the lab so that they can then rule our chassis as the problem by default.

Cheers, Chris.

-----Original Message----- From: jex...@harding.edu [mailto:jex...@harding.edu] Sent: 13 December 2004 16:06 To: Tim Winders Cc: Chris Roberts; cisc...@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Problems with 6509 upgrade kit

You are correct on that. Here at Harding we have the 2500W PS and we tried 110v without luck. Same PS at 220V and all is well.

In our case, the SUP720 was fine but two of our line cards did not work correctly till the power issue was resolved. It may have been the SUP720 was not working correctly either but without "real" connectivity who knew?

----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Winders <twin...@southplainscollege.edu> Date: Monday, December 13, 2004 6:48 am Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Problems with 6509 upgrade kit

Make sure your input to the 3000W power supplies is correct. I believe you need 20A 220V input to be able to output the correct power to the Fan Tray. Those power supplies will work with either 110V or 220V input, but will only give you partial output capabilities if connected to 110V.

Tim Winders Associate Dean of Information Technology South Plains College Levelland, TX 79336

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Chris Roberts wrote:

We (unsuccessfully) attempted to upgrade one of our 6509 chassis to Sup720s at the weekend. Of all of the high tech components that could have had problems, it seems the fan tray or PSUs failed. :(

I'm wondering if anyone has seen similar. We upgraded the chassis with the WS-C6509-NEB-UPGRD kit (high speed fan tray, and pointless seeming backplate change), and the power supplies to the WS-CAC-3000W. Connected the appalling external power connectors to the power supplies and the fan trays. Upon booting, the fans did not spin, and the system complained that the fan tray had failed. Neither power input on the fan tray was showing a green light on input power, however both PSUs had a green light on output power. We checked the cables/cabling between the two and all seemed to be good.

What I found odd however, is that on booting the system, the system complained not only of a fan tray failure, but also had a major fault and complained that the fan tray needed upgrading. I can only assume

that> without the external power the card appears to the chassis as a normal fan

tray and not a FAN2 tray? I also find it a bit odd that the PSUs read an output of 42V DC/17A (which is repeated in the manuals) and the fan tray states an input of 48V DC.

Also, after replacing the Sup1As in the chassis, the Sup1As complained of a lack of power and failed to boot the two WS-C6348-RJ-45 cards. Unfortunately, by this point our time was limited, so I didn't have time to fully investigate why this was happening, and we simply replaced the original 1300W PSUs. Is there an incompatibility between the Sup1A cards and 3000W power supplies?

Anyone think of anyone I've missed before I RMA the power supplies and the fan trays?

Cheers, Chris.

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