Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series - Power Management

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Catalyst 4500 Series Switch, Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide - Cisco IOS XE 3.9.xE and IOS 15.2(5)Ex
Chapter 14 Environmental Monitoring and Power Management
Power Management
Table 14-4 describes the alarms.
Power Management
This section describes the power management feature in the Catalyst 4500 series switches. It includes
the following topics:
• Power Management for the Catalyst 4500 series switches, page 14-7
• Powering Down a Module, page 14-22
• Power Management for the Catalyst 4948 Switches, page 14-23
Note For power consumption of all Catalyst 4000/4500 family modules, see “Appendix A, Specifications,” in
the Catalyst 4500 Series Module Installation Guide. Enter the show power command to display the
current power redundancy and the current system power usage.
Power Management for the Catalyst 4500 series switches
This section includes the following subsections:
• Supported Power Supplies, page 14-8
• Power Management Modes for the Catalyst 4500 Switch, page 14-9
• Selecting a Power Management Mode, page 14-10
• Power Management Limitations in Catalyst 4500 series switches, page 14-10
• Available Power for Catalyst 4500 Series Switches Power Supplies, page 14-14
Table 14-4 Alarms on Supervisor Engine 6-E, Supervisor Engine 6L-E, and Supervisor Engine 7-E
Event
Alarm
Type
Supervisor LED
Color Timeout Description and Action
Card temperature exceeds the
critical threshold.
Major Red 15 min Syslog message displays when the alarm is
issued.
See Table 14-2 for the action on timeout.
Card temperature exceeds the
shutdown threshold.
Major Red 30 sec Syslog message displays when the alarm is
issued.
See Table 14-2 for the action on timeout.
Supervisor engine fails power-on
self-test (POST).
Major Red — Syslog message displays.
Supervisor engine fails to come up.
Chassis fan tray fails. Major Red 30 sec Syslog message displays when the alarm is
issued.
See Table 14-2 for the action on timeout.
Chassis temperature exceeds the
warning threshold.
Minor Orange — Syslog message when the alarm is issued.
Chassis fan tray experiences
partial failure.
Minor Orange — Syslog message when the alarm is issued.