NEC IP8800/S6300 User Manual

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Troubleshooting Functional Failures in Operation
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3.19 Problems on Redundant Configuration of Basic 
Control Unit (BCU)/Control and Switching Unit 
(CSU)/Management and Switching Unit (MSU) 
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3.19.1
Active System Switchover Is Disabled
If switch between the active system and standby system is disabled, follow instructions in the table below.
Table 3-67: Problems and Actions When Switching Active System
No.
Cause for Switchover Disabled
Troubleshooting Steps
1
The standby system is not 
activated.
Check the STATUS LED on the 
standby system.
Lit in red
The standby system has failed. Replace the standby system BCU, CSU, 
or MSU board.
OFF or lit in 
orange
Board is not activated. Execute the inactivate standby/
activate standby command on the active system to activate the 
standby system.
Blinking in 
green
The standby system is being activated. Wait a while until lit in green.
Lit in green
The standby system is already activated, and another cause may exist. See 
other items.
2
The standby system is not 
prepared for switch.
Login the active system, and use 
the show system command to 
check the status of the standby 
system.
fault
Any one of the followings is applied:
• Activation of the standby system failed.
• Inhibited combination of the active system board and standby system 
board is adopted. Eliminate the cause for failure, and restart the system.
• Unavailable configuration has been set. Review settings in the 
configuration.
Otherwise, see No. 1.
inactive
Activation of the standby system is suppressed. Execute the activate 
standby command to activate the standby system.
notconnect
The standby system is not installed. Install the standby system, then 
execute the activate standby command to activate the standby 
system.
initialize
Activation of the standby system is not completed. Wait until activation 
completes.
active or 
standby
Another cause may exist. See other items.
3
Modifying configuration.
 If the operation command is used 
to switchover, command 
execution fails.
During modifying configuration, switchover by the operation command is suppressed.
Execute configuration command status on the active system to make all users working 
with configuration log out, then switch over the system by the operation command.