AJERT-12.b AC Hardware

SRX Hardware
Troubleshooting
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Objectives
 After successfully completing this content, you will be

able to:
•List the general chassis components
•Identify different methods for troubleshooting major chassis
components
•Troubleshoot redundant Routing Engine and Control Board
communication
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Agenda: SRX Hardware Troubleshooting
General Chassis Components

 Redundancy
 Hardware Case Study
The Juniper Architecture
 Every platform is different, but Juniper Networks

devices typically include these components:
•Host subsystem: Composed of the Routing Engine and
supporting hardware
•PFE boards: Where actual traffic processing takes place
•Midplane: Provides physical connection between different
boards. Often passive, and as such not likely to fail—except
when incorrectly inserting new boards (bent pins)
•Power supplies and cooling subsystems
SRX1400 and SRX3000 Series Hardware
 SRX1400 and SRX3000 Series components overview
•Common form-factor module (CFM) cards
• I/O cards (IOCs)
• Network Processing I/O Cards (NP-IOCs)
• Services Processing Cards (SPCs)
• Network Processing Cards (NPCs)
•Non common form-factor module cards
• Routing Engine (RE)
• SRX Clustering Module (SCM) (SRX3000 series)
• Switch fabric board (SFB) (SRX3000 series)
• Backplane and System I/O card (SRX1400)
•Other components
• Power supplies
• Cooling system
SRX5000 Series Services Gateway Hardware
 Card overview
•I/O cards (IOCs)
•Flex IOCs
•Services Processing Cards (SPCs)
•Switch Control Boards (SCBs)
•Routing Engine
 Major redundant components
•SCBs
•Power supplies
•Cooling system
Junos Chassis Management Architecture
 Junos Chassis
Management Architecture
chassisd Power control
•The chassisd process process I2c bus
• Runs on the Routing Engine
• Detects insertion/removal
of hardware components
• Monitors environmental Fan
sensors
parameters
Board Board Board
• Controls fan speed μkernel μkernel μkernel
• It can also reset PEM

Board Board Board sensors
and power up or down Sensors Sensors Sensors
hardware components
Useful Commands
 Verifying the operational status and environmental

parameters
show chassis hardware
show chassis environment
show chassis specific-board
•The specific board changes with the platform
•Details are in the CLI Reference Guide
Troubleshooting Hardware Problems
 Hardware problems
•Environmental/cooling issues
• Fan failures
• Temperature
• Power supply failures
•Hardware component is offline
• Board goes offline
• New board refuses come online
•Hardware online, but reports errors
• Routing engine running from secondary media
Troubleshooting Temperature Issues
 Temperature issues
•Fan failures
• Fan rotation speed is monitored by chassisd; a fan failure will
trigger an alarm - use show chassis alarms command
• The solution is a straight fan tray replacement - follow HW guide
•Check fan speed temperature thresholds using show
chassis temperature-thresholds command
•If fans are ok, but temperature is still high
• Check the airflow and that there is sufficient clearance space
around the intake and exhaust points
• Check and if needed clean or replace air filters
• Finally, if you get high temperatures in daytime, make sure the air
conditioning system is sufficient
Troubleshooting Power Supplies
 Power supplies
• chassisd process monitors power supply output
• If the output voltage drops an alarm is triggered - use show
chassis alarms command and in addition a SNMP trap is
sent and a message is logged in both the messages and the
chassisd logs
• Check the power supply status and to confirm the problem—use
the show chassis environment command
•Consult the hardware troubleshooting guide
 General Chassis Components

Redundancy
 Hardware Case Study
Hardware Redundancy
 Most platforms include some form of hardware

redundancy
•Routing Engines
• GRES or NSR
•Control Boards
• Often paired with Routing Engines
•Fabric redundancy
•Power supplies
•Cooling subsystem
SRX5000 Series Chassis Cluster (1 of 2)
 Replace Routing Engine, SCB, or both on high-end

series chassis cluster
1. On SRX5000 Series: Before powering down the node,
deactivate the fab interfaces in the configuration (This can
be done on either node):
• user@srx# deactivate interfaces fab0
• user@srx# deactivate interfaces fab1
• user@srx# commit
Failure to do this will result in some chassis cluster challenges later.
2. Replace the Routing Engine or SCB.
3. Power on the device.
SRX5000 Series Chassis Cluster (2 of 2)
 Replace Routing Engine, SCB, or both on high-end

series chassis cluster
4. Enter the cluster ID information using the following
operational mode command:
• set chassis cluster cluster-id X node Y reboot
5. The device reboots with the cluster configuration and joins
the cluster.
6. On SRX5000 series once the node is back in the cluster,
activate the fab interfaces:
• user@srx# activate interfaces fab0
• user@srx# activate interfaces fab1
• user@srx# commit
 General Chassis Components

 Redundancy
Hardware Case Study
Case Study: Network “Slow-Down” (1 of 3)
 Data center problem

•Customer reported “network slow-down” problem
•Initial investigation was done on the SRX 5600 device:
• An alarm on the system was raised: 2012-01-20 12:53:09
EST Minor Check CB 0 Fabric Chip 1
DATA CENTER
Servers
SRX Series
Gateway
Internet Network

•Message files contained following entries:
fpc1 ICHIP(0)_REG_ERR:Non first cell drops in ichip fi rord: 43
fpc1 ichip_f_check_dest_errors: Fabric request time out for plane 2 dest 1 pfe 0
fpc1 ichip_f_check_dest_errors: Fabric request time out for plane 2 dest 1 pfe 0
fpc0 ICHIP(1)_REG_ERR:Non first cell drops in ichip fi rord: 84
alarmd[1173]: Alarm set: CB color=YELLOW, class=CHASSIS, reason=Check CB 0 Fabric
Chip 1
craftd[1174]: Minor alarm set, Check CB 0 Fabric Chip 1
fpc1 CMXDPC: CRC link error detected for FPC: 1 PFE: 0 fabric plane 2
•The operational mode command show chassis fabric

fpcs revealed a link error on the FPC1

•The SRX Series device was rebooted
•Problem disappeared but after some time reoccurred
•JTAC suggested following actions for the affected FPC1 to be
executed separately and monitored to check if they resolved
the issue checked
1. Offline and online the FPC1 via the CLI using the command:
• request chassis fpc slot number offline
• request chassis fpc slot number online
2. Physically offline, remove, and reseat the FPC in the chassis, by
using the chassis FPC offline button, pull the FPC out, reseat it in
the slot, and then use the online button on the chassis.
3. If both previous actions fail RMA for the FPC is needed
Summary
 In this content, we:

•Listed the general chassis components
•Identified different methods for troubleshooting major
chassis components
•Troubleshot redundant Routing Engine and Control Board
communication
Review Questions
1. What are the main hardware components of a

Juniper device?
2. What is the Junos process responsible for managing
and monitoring hardware?
3. Which information resources are available to you
when troubleshooting hardware issues?
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 After successfully completing this content, you will be

General Chassis Components

 Every platform is different, but Juniper Networks

• It can also reset PEM

 Verifying the operational status and environmental

 General Chassis Components

 Most platforms include some form of hardware

 Replace Routing Engine, SCB, or both on high-end

 Replace Routing Engine, SCB, or both on high-end

 General Chassis Components

 Data center problem

 Data center problem

•The operational mode command show chassis fabric

 Data center problem

 In this content, we:

1. What are the main hardware components of a

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