Maintaining the M10i Routing Engine

Purpose

For optimum performance, verify the condition of the Routing Engine.

Action

• Check the LEDs on the Routing Engine. The green LED labeled ONLINE lights steadily when it is functioning normally. For more information about the LEDs, see M10i Routing Engine Description.
• Issue the CLI show chassis routing-engine command to check the status of the Routing Engines:
  
  

  user@host> show chassis routing-engine

  Routing Engine status:
    Slot 0:
      Current state                  Master
      Election priority              Master (default)
      Temperature                 27 degrees C / 80 degrees F
      CPU temperature             27 degrees C / 80 degrees F
      DRAM                       768 MB
      Memory utilization          45 percent
      CPU utilization:
        User                       0 percent
        Background                 0 percent
        Kernel                     3 percent
        Interrupt                  0 percent
        Idle                      97 percent
      Model                          RE-5.0
      Serial ID                      1000647001
      Start time                     2009-01-28 14:11:50 PST
      Uptime                         21 hours, 51 minutes, 16 seconds
      Load averages:                 1 minute   5 minute  15 minute
                                         0.00       0.02       0.00
  
  Routing Engine status:
    Slot 1:
      Current state                  Backup
      Election priority              Backup (default)
      Temperature                 26 degrees C / 78 degrees F
      CPU temperature             27 degrees C / 80 degrees F
      DRAM                      1536 MB
      Memory utilization          23 percent
      CPU utilization:
        User                       0 percent
        Background                 0 percent
        Kernel                     0 percent
        Interrupt                  0 percent
        Idle                      99 percent
      Model                          RE-850
      Serial ID                      1000648260
      Start time                     2009-01-28 16:18:12 PST
      Uptime                         19 hours, 44 minutes, 51 seconds

For further description of the output from the command, see the Junos OS System Basics and Services Command Reference.