Checking the Routing Engine Status

This section provides a brief description of monitoring the Routing Engines as part of the host module on M40e and M160 routers. For more detailed information about monitoring the Routing Engine, see Monitoring the Routing Engine.

Action

To check the Routing Engine status, use the following CLI command:

user@host> show chassis routing-engine

Output

user@host> show chassis routing-engine

Routing Engine status:

    Temperature                 22 degrees C / 71 degrees F

    DRAM                       768 Mbytes

    CPU utilization:

      User                       0 percent

      Background                 0 percent

      Kernel                     0 percent

      Interrupt                  0 percent

      Idle                     100 percent

    Model                          teknor

    Serial ID                      4d0000062b049501

    Start time                     2002-04-29 11:18:31 PDT

    Uptime                         5 hours, 20 minutes, 17 seconds

    Load averages:                 1 minute   5 minute  15 minute

                                       0.06       0.03       0.00

What It Means

The command output displays the Routing Engine slot number, current state (Master, Backup, or Disabled), election priority (Master or Backup), and the airflow temperature. The command output also displays the total DRAM available to the Routing Engine processor, the CPU utilization percentage, and the Routing Engine serial number for the slot. Additionally, the command output displays when the Routing Engine started running, how long the Routing Engine has been running, and the time, uptime, and load averages for the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes.

Check the Uptime to ensure that the Routing Engine has not rebooted since it started running.