Do you have any device health check qapps? If not, how about this idea: check device hardware with various commands, e.g. Cisco's show module, show environment
show module
Mod Ports Card Type Model Serial No.
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4 48 48-port 10/100/1000 RJ45 EtherModule WS-X6148A-GE-TX x
5 5 Supervisor Engine 2T 10GE w/ CTS (Acti VS-SUP2T-10G x
Mod MAC addresses Hw Fw Sw Status
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4 f 4.2 8.4(1) 15.5(1)SY8 Ok
5 d 1.3 12.2(50r)SYS 15.5(1)SY8 MajFail
Mod Sub-Module Model Serial Hw Status
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5 Policy Feature Card 4 VS-F6K-PFC4 SAL16159W6L 1.2 MajFail
5 CPU Daughterboard VS-F6K-MSFC5 SAL16159EYD 1.4 MajFail
Mod Online Diag Status
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1 Pass
2 Pass
3 Pass
4 Pass
5 Major Error