Description

Impact of command "power on"

<-- The following article explains the behavior on the router when power on command is configured or deleted.

<-- Router is Up and rnning

<-- FPC/FPC's are up and running.

<-- Configuring the Power on for one or more FPC's

 

user@router# set chassis fpc 11 power on 

May 07 08:59:32

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user@router# commit 

May 07 08:59:33

commit complete

[edit]

user@router# run show chassis fpc 

May 07 08:59:38

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

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

 0 Empty      

 1 Empty      

 2 Empty      

 3 Empty      

 4 Empty      

 5 Empty      

 6 Empty      

 7 Empty      

 8 Empty      

 9 Empty      

 10 Empty      

 11 Online      56   10     0    10   10   10  3168    11     21

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<-- As noticed below, there is no impact on the FPC.

 

user@router# run show chassis fpc detail 

May 07 08:59:41

Slot 11 information:

 State                Online   

 Temperature           56 degrees C / 132 degrees F

 Total CPU DRAM         3168 MB

 Total RLDRAM          516 MB

 Total DDR DRAM         8192 MB

 FIPS Capable            False 

 FIPS Mode              False 

 High-Performance mode support    True  

 PFEs in High-Performance mode    None  

 Start time             2026-05-06 14:07:28 PDT

 Uptime               18 hours, 52 minutes, 13 seconds

 Max power consumption      465 Watts

 

<-- Delete the power on command

 

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user@router# 

user@router# delete chassis fpc 11 power on 

May 07 08:59:58

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user@router# show | compare 

May 07 09:00:01

[edit chassis]

-  fpc 11 {

-    power on;

-  }

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user@router# commit 

May 07 09:00:04

commit complete

[edit]

 

<-- Verifying the FPC status

 

user@router# run show chassis fpc detail    

May 07 09:00:08

Slot 11 information:

 State                Online   

 Temperature           56 degrees C / 132 degrees F

 Total CPU DRAM         3168 MB

 Total RLDRAM          516 MB

 Total DDR DRAM         8192 MB

 FIPS Capable            False 

 FIPS Mode              False 

 High-Performance mode support    True  

 PFEs in High-Performance mode    None  

 Start time             2026-05-06 14:07:28 PDT

 Uptime               18 hours, 52 minutes, 39 seconds

 Max power consumption      465 Watts

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user@router# run show chassis fpc        

May 07 09:00:13

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

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

 0 Empty      

 1 Empty      

 2 Empty      

 3 Empty      

 4 Empty      

 5 Empty      

 6 Empty      

 7 Empty      

 8 Empty      

 9 Empty      

 10 Empty      

 11 Online      55   11     0    10   10   10  3168    11     21

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user@router# run show chassis fpc detail    

May 07 09:00:17

Slot 11 information:

 State                Online   

 Temperature           55 degrees C / 131 degrees F

 Total CPU DRAM         3168 MB

 Total RLDRAM          516 MB

 Total DDR DRAM         8192 MB

 FIPS Capable            False 

 FIPS Mode              False 

 High-Performance mode support    True  

 PFEs in High-Performance mode    None  

 Start time             2026-05-06 14:07:28 PDT

 Uptime               18 hours, 52 minutes, 49 seconds

 Max power consumption      465 Watts

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user@router# 

 

user@router# run show chassis fpc detail   

May 07 09:01:52

Slot 11 information:

 State                Online   

 Temperature           55 degrees C / 131 degrees F

 Total CPU DRAM         3168 MB

 Total RLDRAM          516 MB

 Total DDR DRAM         8192 MB

 FIPS Capable            False 

 FIPS Mode              False 

 High-Performance mode support    True  

 PFEs in High-Performance mode    None  

 Start time             2026-05-06 14:07:28 PDT

 Uptime               18 hours, 54 minutes, 24 seconds

 Max power consumption      465 Watts

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user@router# 

Symptoms

The article explains about power on command

Solution

Its informational article

Modification History

2026-05-25 : Article Created