Description

The Routing Engine remains in present state following the code upgrade to 23.4R2-S3.9.

Symptoms

When connecting to the failed RE via console, the session lands in the host shell instead of the Junos CLI.


root@local-node:~# cat /var/log/messages

..

2025-02-17T03:32:51.864007+01:00 labrouter-re0-node kernel: virbr0: port 2(tap1) entered disabled state

2025-02-17T03:32:51.947412+01:00 labrouter-re0-node kernel: device tap1 left promiscuous mode

2025-02-17T03:32:51.947423+01:00 labrouter-re0-node kernel: virbr0: port 2(tap1) entered disabled state

2025-02-17T03:32:52.104555+01:00 labrouter-re0-node kernel: jnpr-ctrl: port 2(tap3) entered disabled state

2025-02-17T03:32:52.156861+01:00 labrouter-re0-node kernel: device tap3 left promiscuous mode

2025-02-17T03:32:52.156875+01:00 labrouter-re0-node kernel: jnpr-ctrl: port 2(tap3) entered disabled state

2025-02-17T03:32:52.275578+01:00 labrouter-re0-node kernel: jnpr-re-re: port 2(tap2) entered disabled state

2025-02-17T03:32:52.328477+01:00 labrouter-re0-node kernel: device tap2 left promiscuous mode

2025-02-17T03:32:52.328487+01:00 labrouter-re0-node kernel: jnpr-re-re: port 2(tap2) entered disabled state

2025-02-17T03:32:52.435746+01:00 labrouter-re0-node kernel: ctrlbr0: port 1(vnet100) entered disabled state

2025-02-17T03:32:52.489274+01:00 labrouter-re0-node kernel: device vnet100 left promiscuous mode

2025-02-17T03:32:52.489285+01:00 labrouter-re0-node kernel: ctrlbr0: port 1(vnet100) entered disabled state



root@local-node:~# cat /var/log/eth_wedge_protect.eth100.log |grep wedge

Mon Feb 17 03:54:05 CET 2025: Possible wedge condition on rx_unicast. Will monitor. wedge_counter=0

Mon Feb 17 03:54:20 CET 2025: Possible wedge condition on rx_unicast. Will monitor. wedge_counter=1

Mon Feb 17 03:54:35 CET 2025: Possible wedge condition on rx_unicast. Will monitor. wedge_counter=2

Mon Feb 17 03:54:50 CET 2025: Possible wedge condition on rx_unicast. Will monitor. wedge_counter=3

Mon Feb 17 03:55:05 CET 2025: Possible wedge condition on rx_unicast. Will monitor. wedge_counter=4

Mon Feb 17 03:55:20 CET 2025: Possible wedge condition on rx_unicast. Will monitor. wedge_counter=5

Mon Feb 17 03:55:35 CET 2025: Possible wedge condition on rx_unicast. Will monitor. wedge_counter=6

Mon Feb 17 03:55:51 CET 2025: Possible wedge condition on rx_unicast. Will monitor. wedge_counter=7

Mon Feb 17 03:56:06 CET 2025: Possible wedge condition on rx_unicast. Will monitor. wedge_counter=8

Mon Feb 17 03:56:21 CET 2025: Possible wedge condition on rx_unicast. Will monitor. wedge_counter=9

Mon Feb 17 03:56:36 CET 2025: Possible wedge condition on rx_unicast. Will monitor. wedge_counter=10



Solution

The routing engine managed to recover after executing the command “request vmhost power-cycle-cb

Modification History

2025-07-09 : Article Created