Maintaining the M7i 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 M7i 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:     
  
      Temperature                 26 degrees C / 78 degrees F
      DRAM                       256 MB
      Memory utilization          27 percent
      CPU utilization:
        User                       0 percent
        Background                 0 percent
        Kernel                     4 percent
        Interrupt                  0 percent
        Idle                      96 percent
      Model                          RE-5.0
      Serial ID                      1000392782
      Start time                     2003-06-11 11:39:32 PDT
      Uptime                         1 hour, 41 minutes, 51 seconds
      Load averages:                 1 minute   5 minute  15 minute
                                         0.00       0.03       0.05

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