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XRE200 Chassis

 

Front Panel of an XRE200 External Routing Engine

The front panel of an XRE200 External Routing Engine consists of the following components:

  • Chassis LEDs—Power LED, Hard disk LED, and Hardware LED

  • LCD panel

  • Console port (labeled CON)

  • Management (labeled (MGMT)

  • USB port

  • Virtual Chassis Ports (VCPs)—1 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet native VCP (0) and either 4 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet ports or 4 1000BASE-X GbE SFP ports on the Virtual Chassis Control Interface (VCCI) modules

  • Gigabit Ethernet port LEDs—Link/Activity LED and SPD LED

  • Hard Disk Drive (HDD) LEDs—Hard disk Activity LED and Hard disk Failure LED

Figure 1 shows the front panel of an XRE200 External Routing Engine with one VCCI module installed.

Figure 1: XRE200 External Routing Engine Front Panel
XRE200 External Routing Engine Front Panel

Rear Panel of an XRE200 External Routing Engine

The rear panel of an XRE200 External Routing Engine consists of the following components:

  • Fan modules

  • Power switch

  • Power supplies

Figure 2 shows the rear panel of an XRE200 External Routing Engine with dual AC power supplies.

Figure 2: XRE200 External Routing Engine Rear Panel (AC Power Supply Configuration Pictured)
XRE200 External Routing Engine Rear Panel (AC Power Supply Configuration Pictured)

LCD Panel in an XRE200 External Routing Engine

The LCD panel on the XRE200 External Routing Engine shows two lines of text with a maximum of 16 characters in each line. The LCD panel displays a variety of information about the external Routing Engine and, if your external Routing Engine is running Junos OS Release 12.1 or later, provides menu options to perform basic operations such as initial configuration and switch reboot.

There are six buttons to the right of the LCD panel on the XRE200 External Routing Engine. You use four of the buttons—Up (↑), Down (↓), Enter (✓), and Cancel (X)—to navigate the LCD interface. The other two buttons—Left (←) and Right (→)—are not used for any purpose.

The LCD panel only provides information and menu options for XRE200 External Routing Engines in the primary role. You will see the text “BACKUP” in the LCD panel when the external Routing Engine is in the backup role. You cannot use the LCD menu buttons to navigate the menus for the backup external Routing Engine.

See Figure 3.

Figure 3: LCD Panel in an XRE200 External Routing Engine
LCD Panel in an XRE200 External Routing Engine

You can configure the second line of the LCD panel to display a custom message. If the LCD panel is configured to display a custom message, the navigation buttons are disabled. See Configuring the LCD Panel on EX Series Switches (CLI Procedure).

The LCD panel has a backlight. If the LCD panel is idle for 60 seconds, the backlight turns off. You can turn on the backlight by pressing any one of the four operational LCD panel buttons once. After turning on the backlight, you can toggle between the LCD menus by pressing the Up (↑) and Down (↓) buttons and select the menu options by pressing the Enter (✓) button. You can return to the previous menu by pressing the Cancel (X) button.

LCD Panel Modes

The LCD panel operates in four modes: boot, idle, status, and maintenance.

The LCD panel operates in boot mode during switch reboot.

The boot mode displays the key milestones in the switch boot process. The boot mode does not have any menu options. After the boot process is complete, the LCD panel automatically reverts to the Idle menu.

In the idle mode, line 2 of the Idle menu displays the Status LED modes of the network ports and the total number of alarms in the XRE200 External Routing Engine. The number of alarms is updated every second.

The status mode allows you to get status information for the following items:

  • Virtual Chassis ports (VCPs)

  • Power supplies

  • Fans and chassis temperature

  • Junos OS version installed

The maintenance mode allows you to cycle through options for configuring and troubleshooting the switch:

  • System halt

  • Reboot system

  • Load rescue configuration

  • Revert to factory configuration

  • EZSetup

    Note

    The EZSetup option is displayed in the LCD menu, but EZSetup is not supported for XRE200 External Routing Engines.

LCD Panel Menus

The LCD panel has three menus: Idle, Status, and Maintenance.

Toggle between the LCD menus by pressing the Up (↑) and Down (↓) buttons. Enter the Status or Maintenance menu by pressing the Enter (✓) button.

Within the Status or Maintenance menu, toggle between the options by pressing the Up (↑) and Down (↓) buttons. Select the menus that can be selected by pressing the Enter (✓) button. Exit the current menu and return to the previous menu by pressing the Cancel (X) button.

Table 1 describes the LCD panel menu options.

Table 1: LCD Panel Menu Options for the XRE200 External Routing Engine

Menu

Description

Idle

Line 1 of the Idle menu displays the member ID and the hostname of the XRE200 External Routing Engine.

Line 2 of the Idle menu displays the Status LED modes of the network ports and the total number of alarms in the XRE200 External Routing Engine.

Sample output from the LCD panel in Idle mode:

09:RE xre200-1
    LED: NA ALARM 01

The Idle menu is not navigable. Press Up (↑) and Down (↓) to cycle to the Status and Maintenance menus from the Idle menu.

Status

The Status menu provides the following status information::

  • Virtual Chassis port (VCP) status—Displays the status of each VCP: Up, Down, or Disabled.

  • Power supply status—Displays the status of each power supply in the XRE200 External Routing Engine: OK, Failed, Absent.

  • Environment status—Displays the status of the following items:

    • Fans : OK, Failed, or Absent

    • Chassis temperature: OK, High, or Shutdown

  • Junos OS version status—Displays the Junos OS version running on the external Routing Engine:

  • EXIT STAT MENU?—Provides the option to leave the status menu. Press Enter (✓) to exit the Status menu.

If you do not want users to use Status menu options, disable the entire menu or individual menu options. See Configuring the LCD Panel on EX Series Switches (CLI Procedure).

Maintenance

The Maintenance menu has the following options:

  • SYSTEM HALT?—Choose one of the following:

    • Press Enter (✓) to halt the external Routing Engine.

      Note: An external Routing Engine switchover automatically occurs when the primary external Routing Engine is halted and a backup external Routing Engine is configured. If no backup external Routing Engine is configured, the EX8200 Virtual Chassis goes down when the primary external Routing Engine is halted.

    • Press Up (↑) and Down (↓) to go to another option in the Maintenance menu.

  • SYSTEM REBOOT?—Choose one of the following:

    • Press Enter (✓) to reboot the external Routing Engine. Press Enter (✓) again to confirm the reboot.

    • Press Up (↑) or Down (↓) to go to another option in the Maintenance menu.

  • LOAD RESCUE?—Choose one of the following:

    • Press Enter (✓) to roll back the configuration to the rescue configuration. Press Enter (✓) again to confirm the rollback.

    • Press Up (↑) or Down (↓) to go to another option in the Maintenance menu.

  • REQUEST VC PORT?—Choose one of the following:

    • Press Enter (✓) to navigate to the VCP options. Choose one of the following:

      • SET VC PORT?—Set a link as a VCP.

      • DELETE VC PORT?—Disable a link that is currently configured as a VCP.

    • Press Up (↑) or Down (↓) to go to another option in the Maintenance menu.

  • FACTORY DEFAULT?—Choose one of the following:

    • Press Enter (✓) to restore the external Routing Engine to the factory default configuration. Press Enter (✓) again to confirm the restoration. The LCD panel flashes a success or failure message and returns to the Idle menu.

    • Press Up (↑) or Down (↓) to go to another option in the Maintenance menu.

  • ENTER EZSETUP?—This option is visible as an option in the LCD panel but it is not supported.

  • EXIT MAINT MENU?—Choose one of the following:

    • Press Enter (✓) to exit the Maintenance menu.

    • Press Up (↑) or Down (↓) to go to another option in the Maintenance menu.

If you do not want users to use Maintenance menu options, disable the entire menu or individual menu options. See Configuring the LCD Panel on EX Series Switches (CLI Procedure).

Chassis LEDs on an XRE200 External Routing Engine

The XRE200 External Routing Engine has three chassis LEDs on the bottom left side of the front panel.

Table 2 describes the chassis LEDs on an XRE200 External Routing Engine, their colors and states, and the status they indicate. You can also view the colors of the three LEDs remotely through the CLI by issuing the operational mode command show chassis led.

Table 2: Chassis LEDs in an XRE200 External Routing Engine

LED Label (Description)

Color

State and Description

Power

Unlit

External Routing Engine is powered off.

Green (on)

External Routing Engine is powered on.

Hard Disk Drive

Unlit

Data is not being read from or written to the hard disk drive.

Yellow (blinking)

Data is being read from or written to the hard disk drive.

Hardware

Unlit

External Routing Engine hardware has no major (red) alarm conditions.

Red (on)

External Routing Engine hardware is hotter than the maximum high temperature threshold.

Red (fast blinking)

At least one fan has failed.

Red (slow blinking)

A power supply is not supplying power to the external Routing Engine.

A major alarm (red) indicates a critical error condition that requires immediate action.

A minor alarm (yellow) indicates a noncritical condition that requires monitoring or maintenance. A minor alarm that is left unchecked might cause interruption in service or performance degradation.

All three LEDs can be lit simultaneously.

Management Port LEDs on an XRE200 External Routing Engine

The management port (labeled MGMT) on the XRE200 External Routing Engine has two LEDs that indicate link/activity and port status (see Figure 4). The management port is set to full duplex and the speed is set to 100 Mbps.

Figure 4: LEDs on the Management Port on an XRE200 External Routing Engine
LEDs on the Management Port on an XRE200 External Routing Engine

Table 3 describes the Link/Activity LED.

Table 3: Link/Activity LED on the Management Port on an XRE200 External Routing Engine

LED

Color

State and Description

Link/Activity

Green

  • Blinking—The port and the link are active, and there is link activity.

  • On steadily—The port and the link are active, but there is no link activity.

  • Off—The port is not active.

Table 4 describes the Status LED (administrative status).

Table 4: Status LED on the Management Port on XRE200 External Routing Engine

LED

Color

State and Description

Status

Green

  • On steadily—Administrative status is enabled.

  • Off—Administrative status is disabled.

Virtual Chassis Port LEDs on an XRE200 External Routing Engine

Each Ethernet Virtual Chassis port (VCP) on the XRE200 External Routing Engine—each VCP on the RJ-45 or SFP VCCI module as well as the native VCP (port 0)—has two LEDs.

Figure 5 shows the VCP LEDs.

Figure 5: Gigabit Ethernet VCP LEDs on an XRE200 External Routing Engine
Gigabit Ethernet VCP LEDs on an XRE200 External Routing Engine


Table 5 describes the Link/Activity LED.

Table 5: Gigabit Ethernet Port LEDs in an XRE200 External Routing Engine—Link/Activity LED

LED

Color

State and Description

Link/Activity

Green

  • On steadily—The port and the link are active, but there is no link activity.

  • Blinking—The port and the link are active, and there is link activity.

  • Off—The port is not active.

The LEDs labeled SPD indicate the current speed of the port.

Table 6 describes the Speed LED.

Table 6: Gigabit Ethernet Port LEDs in an XRE200 External Routing Engine—Speed LED

LED

Color

State and Description

Speed

Off

  • Link/Activity LED is Off—port speed is 0 Mbps

  • Link/Activity LED is On steadily or blinking—port speed is 10 Mbps

Speed

Green

100 Mbps

Speed

Amber

1000 Mbps