Description

re0> show chassis alarms
1 alarms currently active
Alarm time Class Description
2024-02-29 05:21:25 PST Minor FPC 0 SIB Link Error

Symptoms

FPC X SIB Link Error alarm will be triggered

Solution

Get the RSI, var/log and these commands:

show chassis fabric errors fpc <slot>FPC slot number (0..7) ----> for all FPCs please
show chassis fabric errors sib <sib-slot> SIB slot number (0..5) ----> for all SIBs please
show chassis fabric fpcs 
show chassis fabric plane-location
show chassis fabric reachability detail 
show chassis fabric sibs
show chassis fabric summary 
show chassis fabric topology
show chassis environment sib
show chassis sibs detail
show chassis sibs errors

 

Find out which FPC is having issues with which plane, for example:

Feb 29 05:21:24.668 re0 fpc0 cmqfx: Link errors detected for PFE 4 SIB 0 Plane 1 
Feb 29 05:21:25.130 re0 fpc0 Cmerror Op Set: PE Chip: PE4[4]: EPW: crc error (URI: /fpc/0/pfe/0/cm/0/PE_Chip/4/PECHIP_CMERROR_EPW_MISC_INT_EVENTS_CRC_ERR) 
Feb 29 05:21:26.190 re0 fpc0 Cmerror Op Set: PE Chip: PE4[4]: EPW: crc error (URI: /fpc/0/pfe/0/cm/0/PE_Chip/4/PECHIP_CMERROR_EPW_MISC_INT_EVENTS_CRC_ERR) 
Feb 29 05:22:47.261 re0 fpc0 Cmerror Op Clear: PE Chip: PE4[4]: EPW: clear crc error (URI: /fpc/0/pfe/0/cm/0/PE_Chip/4/PECHIP_CMERROR_EPW_MISC_INT_EVENTS_CRC_ERR) 
Feb 29 05:22:47.273 re0 fpc0 Cmerror Op Clear: PE Chip: PE4[4]: EPW: clear crc error (URI: /fpc/0/pfe/0/cm/0/PE_Chip/4/PECHIP_CMERROR_EPW_MISC_INT_EVENTS_CRC_ERR)
 
Feb 29 05:21:25.090 re0 chassisd[22469]: CHASSISD_FM_ERROR: fm_qfx10_ev_fpc_state_handler: Packet Forwarding Engine got link errors (SIB#0, Packet Forwarding Engine 4 on FPC 0)
Feb 29 05:21:25.092 re0 alarmd[22780]: Alarm set: FPC id=369098856, color=YELLOW, class=CHASSIS, reason=FPC 0 SIB Link Error

Fabric management FPC state:

FPC #0
  PFE #4
SIB0_FASIC1 (plane 1)  Plane Disabled, Links Error

The above is showing issues with FPC towards plane 1, and plane 1 is part of SIB0

For PTX5000, reseat the issued FPC could resolve the issue.

To clear the alarm:

Offline the affected FPC
Offline the affected plane

Wait a few minutes

 

Online the affected plane
Online the affected FPC
 
request chassis fpc slot X offline
request chassis fabric plane X offline/ request chassis sib slot 5 offline

Wait a couple of minutes

 

request chassis fabric plane X online/request chassis sib slot 5 online

Wait until the plane is back online

request chassis fpc slot X online

 

 

If the model is PTX10K16, please perform the following workaround:

  • Restart FPC0 and SIB2 during a MW one by one to clear this issue.
>request chassis fpc slot 0 offline

>request chassis sib slot 2 offline
---Wait a couple of minutes---

>request chassis sib slot 2 online
---Wait until the sib is back online---

>request chassis fpc slot 0 online

The alarm should be cleared after that, and then monitoring should be done for a few days.

If the alarm comes back, you can try inserting the FPC into a different slot to see if the issue follows the FPC or the slot.

Either the SIB, FPC or chassis might have hardware issues and should be replaced.

Start a case with JTAC support if the issue persists.

Modification History

2024-11-27 : Added PTX5000 in the solution section. Added PTX5000 under Categories.

2024-06-24: Added the SIB restart command (usable for PTX10008) in the solution section.
2024-03-05 : Article Created

2025-11-19-Font modification