Troubleshooting guide
Troubleshooting Guide
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Suspected APC failure. The APC is faulty, or the APC 
battery is low.
Remove and replace the APC-MXe battery. 
See the “Application Processor Card” section 
in the “Install and Replace Units” chapter of the 
MCD Technician’s Handbook for instructions.
If that doesn’t fix the problem, ping the APC IP 
(System IP) address. If the ping is successful, 
ssh to the APC IP address and type a few 
basic commands like:
>ll
>ls
>cd
If these commands succeed, the problem is 
likely not the APC.
Ping to APC failed. APC is faulty. Remove and replace the APC-MXe battery. 
See the “Application Processor Card” section 
in the “Install and Replace Units” chapter of the 
MCD Technician’s Handbook for instructions.
If that doesn’t fix the problem, make a serial 
connection to the printer port (38400 8N1).
<Enter> to login to Linux, and issue some 
basic commands:
>ll
>ls
>cd
If these commands succeed, APC is not faulty. 
See Network connectivity is broken, below.
Network connectivity is 
broken.
Recheck network connections.
Login via the serial connection 
to printer port fails
Either the cable is not 
connected properly, or there 
is a problem with the 
application you are using to 
connect.
Check the cables.
Try the basic connection options: Vt100 
terminal running 38400 8N1, and so on.
If that does not resolve the problem, power 
down the fulll unit and power it back on. If there 
is not output and no MSL login, then you will 
have to consider replacing the APC.
Given the effort required to replace the APC, 
you may choose to replace the full system.
Table 10: MXe Server
Symptom Probable Cause Corrective Action
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