Description

This article explains some important aspects and key hardware designs should be considered while SIB or FAN-Tray re-seat/replacement in PTX-10008 and PTX-100016.

Symptoms

In case of FAN-TRAY or SIB replacement/re-seat you would disconnect FAN-TRAY and this will trigger chassis temperature to high threshold despite another FAN-TRAY is active and device will go down due to high temperature.

In this situation if you try to quickly connect the FAN-TRAY back to avoid device failure it will still give alarms for both FAN-TRAY and device will go down.

 

Example :

Task: FAN_TRAY-1 replacement

Actions performed : Disconnected FAN-TRAY-1 and re-seat/ reboot performed on FAN_TRAY-1.

FAN-TRAY-1 connected back however alarm raised for fan-failure for both FAN-TRAY's. This would cause the device to go down due to high temperature.

 

 Router> show system alarms   

32 alarms currently active

Alarm time        Class Description

2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 21 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 20 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 19 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 18 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 17 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 14 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 12 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 11 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 10 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 9 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 7 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 4 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 3 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 2 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 1 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:48 UTC Major Fan Tray 0 Fan 0 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:18 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 20 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:18 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 19 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:18 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 18 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:18 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 17 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:18 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 14 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:18 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 12 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:18 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 11 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:18 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 10 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:18 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 9 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:18 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 7 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:18 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 4 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:18 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 3 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:18 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 2 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:18 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 1 Failed
2024-04-16 05:44:18 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 0 Failed
2024-04-16 05:31:03 UTC Major Fan Tray 1 Fan 21 Failed
 

Solution

NOTE: If the device goes down, the only recovery option is to drain the power completely by disconnecting PEM and connect PEM back to power-cycle the device.

To avoid this issue and have a smooth FAN-TRAY or SIB replacement/re-seat, you can usethe  below tested method:

Step-1 : Use below hidden commands below to set both FAN-TRAYs to full speed and keep them at least for 10 minutes before replacing the fans or SFBs.

Router> test chassis fan tray 0 speed full-speed
Router> test chassis fan tray 1 speed full-speed


Step-2 : Please have the ISP promptly replace or re-seat the FAN-TRAY or SIB, and verify the system for any active alarms. This step should be completed as soon as possible to prevent chassis overheating.

Step-3 : Monitor the chassis components temperature throughout the activity using below command:

Router> show chassis environment 
Router> show chassis environment fpc
Router> show chassis environment sib
Router> show chassis ambient-temperature 

Step-4: In case a high-temperature alarm is observed on the SIB or FPC, the re-seated FAN tray can be set to high-speed mode again using the same hidden command to improve chassis cooling.

Router> test chassis fan tray <> speed full-speed

Step-5 : After confirming that all chassis components have returned to normal temperature and no temperature alarms are active, set the FAN speed back to normal using the following command.

Router> test chassis fan tray 0 speed normal
Router> test chassis fan tray 1 speed normal

 

Example :

Router> show chassis environment | match fan 
Fans  Fan Tray 0 Fan 0               OK         Spinning at normal speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 1               OK         Spinning at normal speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 2               OK         Spinning at normal speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 3               OK         Spinning at normal speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 4               OK         Spinning at normal speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 5               OK         Spinning at normal speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 6               OK         Spinning at normal speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 7               OK         Spinning at normal speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 8               OK         Spinning at normal speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 9               OK         Spinning at normal speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 10              OK         Spinning at normal speed

Router> test chassis fan tray 0 speed full-speed 
Action successful

Router> show chassis environment | match fan    
Fans  Fan Tray 0 Fan 0               OK         Spinning at full speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 1               OK         Spinning at full speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 2               OK         Spinning at full speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 3               OK         Spinning at full speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 4               OK         Spinning at full speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 5               OK         Spinning at full speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 6               OK         Spinning at full speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 7               OK         Spinning at full speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 8               OK         Spinning at full speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 9               OK         Spinning at full speed
      Fan Tray 0 Fan 10              OK         Spinning at full speed

Router> test chassis fan tray 0 speed normal     
Action successful


Router> show chassis environment | match "Fan Tray 0"
Fans Fan Tray 0 Fan 0        OK     Spinning at normal speed
   Fan Tray 0 Fan 1        OK     Spinning at normal speed
   Fan Tray 0 Fan 2        OK     Spinning at normal speed
   Fan Tray 0 Fan 3        OK     Spinning at normal speed
   Fan Tray 0 Fan 4        OK     Spinning at normal speed
   Fan Tray 0 Fan 5        OK     Spinning at normal speed
   Fan Tray 0 Fan 6        OK     Spinning at normal speed
   Fan Tray 0 Fan 7        OK     Spinning at normal speed
   Fan Tray 0 Fan 8        OK     Spinning at normal speed
   Fan Tray 0 Fan 9        OK     Spinning at normal speed
   Fan Tray 0 Fan 10       OK     Spinning at normal speed
 

Modification History

2024-10-15 : Article Created