This document explains how to find out why ALARM LED lit Amber on Secondary Node. It could happen on any Standalone SRX device as well.

Amber and steadily on indicates a major alarm, such as low memory (less than 10% remaining), session full, maximum number of VPN tunnels reached, HA status change, or redundant group member not found.

root@MSt-Primary> show chassis craft-interface 
node0:
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show chassis environment
Front Panel Fan LEDs:
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AMBER LED            .
GREEN LED            *
RED LED              .
LED OFF              .

Front Panel Alarm Indicators:
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AMBER LED      .
GREEN LED      .
RED LED        .
LED OFF        *

Front Panel HA Indicators:
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AMBER LED      .
GREEN LED      *
RED LED        .
LED OFF        .
PS LEDs:
  PS   0
--------------------
AMBER LED      .
GREEN LED      *
RED LED        .
LED OFF        .
show system alarms

node1:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Front Panel Fan LEDs:
------------------------
AMBER LED            .
GREEN LED            *
RED LED              .
LED OFF              .

Front Panel Alarm Indicators:
-----------------------------
AMBER LED       *
GREEN LED      .
RED LED        .
LED OFF        .

Front Panel HA Indicators:
-----------------------------
AMBER LED      .
GREEN LED      *
RED LED        .
LED OFF        .

PS LEDs:
  PS   0
--------------------
AMBER LED      .
GREEN LED      *
RED LED        .
LED OFF        .




{secondary:node1}
root@MSt-Secondary> show system alarms 
node0:
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No alarms currently active

node1:
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1 alarms currently active
Alarm time               Class  Description
2012-05-14 19:51:02 EDT  Minor  Rescue configuration is not set

Run the following Operational mode command on Secondary Node to save Rescue Configuration and Clear the ALARM LED: 

request system configuration rescue save


19-11-2025: Minor, non-technical edit