Description

This article explains what "cscript: %DAEMON-6: power consumption running" log means and when it is generated

Solution

The logs refer to the execution of the node power consumption monitoring script named get_power_usage.slax located in /var/db/scripts/event/. The script prints the logs below, confirming the node's current total power usage. These logs are informative and non-service-impacting:

Mar 17 18:23:39 device cscript: %DAEMON-6: power: 624 --> referes to current power consumption

Mar 17 18:27:13 device xntpd: %NTP-5: kernel time sync enabled 6001

Mar 17 18:28:38 device cscript: %DAEMON-6: power consumption running

Mar 17 18:28:39 device cscript: %DAEMON-6: power: 612 --> referes to current power consumption

 

Verified node health wrt to power, and the node was not starved of power. This chassis has only one active FPC and 3 working PEMs, and there were no active alarms except PEM 1 & 5 failure:

user@device> show chassis alarms 

No alarms currently active

 

user@device> show chassis fpc 

      Temp CPU Utilization (%) CPU Utilization (%) Memory Utilization (%)

 

Slot State   (C) Total Interrupt  1min 5min 15min DRAM (MB) Heap  Buffer

 

 0 Online   62  19   0  19  19  19 3168  13   23

 

 

user@device> show chassis environment pem 

PEM 1 status:

 State      Offline

 Health check Information:

  Status:     Unsupported

 

PEM 5 status:

 State      Offline

 Health check Information:

  Status:     Unsupported

 

user@device> show chassis power 

 

 PEM 1:

 State:  Offline

 Input:  Absent

 

PEM 5:

 State:  Offline

 Input:  Absent

 

System:

 Zone 0:

  Capacity:   4400 W (maximum 4400 W)

  Allocated power: 1255 W (3145 W remaining)

  Actual usage:  612 W

 Total system capacity: 4400 W (maximum 4400 W)

 Total remaining power: 3145 W 

 

Modification History

2026-04-18 : Article Created