This article provides an overview of the best practices and tips for operating, monitoring, and troubleshooting Routing Engines.
Click a topic link to view configuration or troubleshooting information related to the RE (Routing Engine):
Administration - Operations / Maintenance / Monitoring
Note: See the left column of the link above for the following:
Routing Engine Specifications
Understanding Internal Ethernet Interfaces
Understanding Management Ethernet Interfaces
[M/T-Series]Routing Engine Network Operation Guide (NOG) Monitoring and Troubleshooting Guide
Command 'show chassis routing-engine' example output:
[SRX]show chassis routing-engine (View) [MX/PTX/EX/QFX/ACX]show chassis routing-engine
KB9475 [juniper.net] - Mapping between FRU part numbers and model numbers
KB1529 [juniper.net] - What Routing Engine models have shipped with M, MX, and T-series routers?
Different Types of Storage Media in Routing-Engine:
Storage Media and Routing Engines (Junos OS) Storage media names table by Routing Engine
KB11224 [juniper.net] - What do the different Junos file system device (Storage Media) names mean?
KB10911 [juniper.net] - Understanding Junos software components and installation package names.
KB11409 [juniper.net] - Upgrading/Downgrading/Reinstalling Junos
KB8911 [juniper.net] - Procedure to Upgrade JUNOS on a Dual Routing Engine System
KB9280 [juniper.net] - Perform SMART tests from the CLI
KB13103 [juniper.net] - Perform SMART tests from the shell
KB11046 [juniper.net] - How to check the CompactFlash for errors?
Recovering Root Password:
Recovering Root Password
Routing Engine temperature thresholds [show chassis temperature-thresholds]
KB7968 [juniper.net] - [Junos] How to copy files from one location to another in a Routing Engine
KB12729 [juniper.net] - How to synchronize configuration and settings on a newly installed backup Routing Engine
Troubleshooting
KB11606 [juniper.net] - What happens when the Routing Engine's hard drive fails?
KB10751 [juniper.net] - Data to collect when in db> prompt to troubleshoot the Cause
KB19024 [juniper.net] - Syslog message: Reboot reason(s): 0x2: watchdog
KB8236 [juniper.net] - Syslog Message: smartd[2660]: Device /dev/ad1a, STANDBY source "disk-timer", in STANDBY
KB35685 [juniper.net] - [SRX] Troubleshooting major RAID failure alarm in Standalone and Cluster Chassis environment
KB20942 [juniper.net] - Things that could increase RE Memory Utilization, except routes
Prevention
Configuring Routing Engine Redundancy and on-disk failure actions:
Configuring Routing Engine Redundancy
NSR ( Non-Stop Active Routing)
Nonstop Active Routing Concepts
Note: See the right column of the above link for Configuring Nonstop Active Routing.
GRES (Graceful Routing-Engine Switchover)
Understanding Graceful Routing Engine Switchover
Note: See the right column for of above link for Configuring Graceful Routing Engine Switchover.
High Availability Configuration Guide:
Junos®OS : High Availability Feature Guide
KB11614 [juniper.net] - General guidelines for good logging and tracing policy
2020-05-21: Article checked for accuracy and validity; links updated; no other changes made2022-06-22: Article checked for accuracy and validity; links updated, deleted irrelevant KBs or KB for EOS platforms