Troubleshooting the System

This section contains troubleshooting information for various functions of your Cisco RFGW-10 and includes the following sections:

Before You Call for Technical Assistance

If you are unable to solve the problem easily, contact a Cisco customer service representative for assistance and further instructions. See the “Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request” section. Provide the representative with the following information:

• Date you received the chassis

• Chassis serial number

• Type of software and release number

• Brief description of the problem you encountered

• Brief explanation of the steps you complete to isolate and resolve the problem

• Maintenance agreement or warranty information

Verifying Normal Startup Sequence

The LEDs indicate all system states in the startup sequence. By checking the state of the LEDs, you can determine when and where the system failed in the startup sequence.

When you start up the system by turning the power supply switch to the ON (|) position, the following should occur:

Fans: The fans starts operating. The FANS OK LED on the fan assembly module will come on GREEN.

DC PEM: The –48V1 LED, –48V2 LED, and OUTPUT OK LED all come on GREEN to indicate that the power supply is connected correctly to the DC PEM for the chassis.


Note Both DC power inputs (Input 1 and Input 2), MUST be connected to an external power source for correct operation.


1. TCC card: The POWER LED comes on GREEN. The STATUS LED is blank until the IOS is fully booted in the chassis. When the IOS is booted, the STATUS LED is GREEN if the TCC is the primary (active) card or is ORANGE if the TCC is in redundant (backup) mode. The MAINT LED is ORANGE at power up and transitions to OFF when the IOS is fully booted.

2. Supervisors: When the power is turned on, the STATUS LED is ORANGE. When the IOS boots up, the STATUS LED turns GREEN if the supervisor is the primary (active) card or is GREEN if the supervisor is in redundant (backup) mode. The UTILIZATION LEDS are GREEN on the primary card and blank for the redundant (backup) card. The ACTIVE LED is GREEN in active mode and OFF in redundant mode.

3. RF Line Cards: At power on, the STATUS LED will be ORANGE. The STATUS LED transitions from ORANGE to GREEN when the line card is initialized. On power up, the ALARM and TRAFFIC LEDs are blank. As the card slot is initialized, the ALARM LED remains blank, and the TRAFFIC LED is eventually turns GREEN.


Note If a line card slot is configured as a redundant slot, the STATUS LED will turn BLUE.


4. RF Switch Card: The RF Switch POWER LED turns GREEN when the chassis power is turned on.

Understanding show Command Responses

This section summarizes cable-related show commands. For additional command information about these and other Cisco RFGW-10 commands, refer to these additional resources on Cisco.com:

The following show commands are used to see the status of the chassis:

dir linecard-n-flash

To display the list of files present in the line card flash use the dir linecard-n-flash command in user EXEC mode.

dir linecard-n-flash

show cable clock

To display information about the Timing, Communication and Control (TCC) card DTI client and, server statistic counts, and path traceability on the Cisco RFGW-10, use the show cable clock command in privileged EXEC mode.

show cable clock [ slot ] {client port id | server port id | counters}

show facility-alarm status

To display the current temperature thresholds that triggers a facility alarm, use the show facility-alarm status command in user EXEC or privileged EXEC mode.

show facility-alarm status

show cable depi-sessions

To display Downstream External PHY Interface (DEPI) sessions configured on the line card, use the show cable depi-sessions command in privileged EXEC mode.

show cable depi-sessions mode {session-id | summary}

The QAM channel comprises the following modes:

  • L2TP—Displays signalled DEPI sessions.
  • Manual—Displays manually configured DEPI sessions.

show cable heartbeat

To display the number of heartbeats received from the line cards, use the show cable heartbeat command in privileged EXEC mode.

show cable heartbeat

This command monitors if the line card is ready and up.

show cable image-upgrade bundle

To display the upgraded images of all the devices on the Supervisor engine, use show cable image-upgrade bundle command in user EXEC or privileged EXEC mode.

show cable image-upgrade bundle

show cable linecard coreinfo

To copy the core file information from line card flash directory to the bootflash, use the show cable linecard coreinfo command in privileged EXEC mode.

show cable linecard coreinfo slot

show cable linecard cpuload

To display the CPU utilization information, use the show cable linecard cpuload command in privileged EXEC mode.

show cable linecard cpuload slot

show cable linecard logs

To display the system log information of the line card at bootup, use the show cable linecard logs command in privileged EXEC mode.

show cable linecard logs slot {all | slogs1 | slogs1-boot | slogs2 | slogs2-boot}

show cable linecard process

To display all the processes running on the line card, use the show cable linecard process command in privileged EXEC mode.

show cable linecard process slot

show cable linecard version

To display image version information of the line card, use the show cable linecard version command in privileged mode.

show cable linecard version slot

show cable multicast uplink

To display the multicast uplink interfaces, use the show cable video multicast uplink command in privileged EXEC mode.

show cable video multicast uplink [ GigabitEthernet | TenGigabitEthernet interface/port ]

show cable video label

To display the active video labels, use the show cable video label command in privileged EXEC mode.

show cable video label [label]

show cable video packets

To display the video insertion packet information, use the show cable video packets command in privileged EXEC configuration mode.

show cable video packets { qam | qam-red slot / port.channel [ id pkt] | all }

show cable video statistics packet

To display unicast and multicast video packets insertion counts for the chassis or a specified slot, use the show cable video statistics packet command in privileged EXEC configuration mode.

show cable video statistics packet {all | slot slot-num } {brief | detail}

show cable video route

To display video route information to the chassis, use the show cable video route command in privileged EXEC mode.

show cable video route { multicast | unicast } { all | slot slot | qam-domain qam-domain }

show cable video session

To display the video status and session information, use the show cable video session command in privileged EXEC mode.

show cable video session {all | id session ID [in | out] [psi | stats] | slot slot | qam-domain qam-domain | qam slot/port.channel} [brief filter | summary]

show redundancy linecard

To display the information pertaining to a redundancy line card or line card group, use the show redundancy linecard command in privileged EXEC mode.

show redundancy linecard {all | slot slot | group all | groupID }

show redundancy tcc

To display the information pertaining to a redundancy Timing, Communication and Control (TCC) card, use the show redundancy tcc command in privileged EXEC mode.

show redundancy tcc {all | slot slot}