Description

When control link is reported down, you may need to check the SRX cluster control port physical status. This can be checked via CLI instead of physically onsite.
 

Solution

Example:

  • Two SRX5800s build a cluster. Control port is fpc0 port 0(node0) and fpc12 port 0(node1).
  • Both SPCs are SPCII.

Topology:

SRX5800 (fpc0 port0) ----- (fpc0 port0) SRX5800

Configuration:

root@SRX5800> sh config chassis
show configuration chassis
cluster {
    control-ports {
        fpc 0 port 0;
        fpc 12 port 0;
    }

  1. Enter shell mode with, 'start shell'

  2. Login into SPC where control port resides:

root@SRX5800% vty node0.fpc0

Case I -  Control ports are disconnected.

SPC-XLP-0(SRX5800 vty)# show bcm53xx status
 BCM5389 unit 0 link status:
  Port#   Name   Link   Speed   Duplex
    0       XLP0 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    1       XLP1 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    2       XLP2 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    3       XLP3 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    4        SCB Up    1000Mbps  Full
    5        PPC Up    1000Mbps  Full
    6         HA Down  <----  HA is down
    7     XMCHIP Down

root@SRX5800% vty node1.fpc0
PC-XLP-0(SRX5800 vty)# show bcm53xx status
 BCM5389 unit 0 link status:
  Port#   Name   Link   Speed   Duplex
    0       XLP0 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    1       XLP1 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    2       XLP2 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    3       XLP3 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    4        SCB Up    1000Mbps  Full
    5        PPC Up    1000Mbps  Full
    6         HA Down    <----  HA is down
    7     XMCHIP Down

Case II - Control ports are connected.

SPC-XLP-0(SRX5800 vty)# show bcm53xx status
 BCM5389 unit 0 link status:
  Port#   Name   Link   Speed   Duplex
    0       XLP0 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    1       XLP1 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    2       XLP2 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    3       XLP3 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    4        SCB Up    1000Mbps  Full
    5        PPC Up    1000Mbps  Full
    6         HA Up    1000Mbps  Full   <---- HA is up
    7     XMCHIP Down

root@SRX5800% vty node1.fpc0
PC-XLP-0(SRX5800 vty)# show bcm53xx status
 BCM5389 unit 0 link status:
  Port#   Name   Link   Speed   Duplex
    0       XLP0 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    1       XLP1 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    2       XLP2 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    3       XLP3 Up    1000Mbps  Full
    4        SCB Up    1000Mbps  Full
    5        PPC Up    1000Mbps  Full
    6         HA Up    1000Mbps  Full  <---- HA is up
    7     XMCHIP Down

Modification History

2019-06-21: minor formatting changes.