Description

This article explains the scenario where in the 4G LTP Interface (cl- and dl-) stays down when the SIM is placed on Slot2 of the mPIM Module.

Symptoms

The mPIM Module shows Online correctly:

 

root@SRX> show chassis fpc pic-status

Slot 0 Online FPC

  PIC 0  Online       6xGE,2xGE SFP Base PIC
Slot 2   Online       FPC     <<<<                                       
  PIC 0  Online       LTE for AA mPIM

The cl- interfaces shows Down Down:

root@SRX> show interfaces terse | match cl-*    
cl-2/0/0                down  down
cl-2/0/0.0              up    down

The dl- Interface shows Up Up as its Logical and has the LinkLocal  IPv6 address:

dl0                     up    up
dl0.0                   up    up   inet    
                                   inet6    fe80::427f:5f0f:fcdf:dee2/64

Solution

By default, if the LTE Mini-PIM installed in slot 1 (fpc1), the dialer interface is triggered to dial automatically when the FW starts or boots UP.

 

This functionality is applicable only if the Mini-PIM is installed in slot 1.

 

In this case, the mPIM is installed on Slo2 of the Chassis:

 

root@SRX> show chassis fpc pic-status

Slot 0 Online FPC

  PIC 0  Online       6xGE,2xGE SFP Base PIC
Slot 2   Online       FPC     <<<<                                       
  PIC 0  Online       LTE for AA mPIM

Hence, we need to manually configure the cl-slot-number/0/0 interface to be associated with the dialer interface.

set interfaces cl-slot-number/0/0 act-sim sim-slot-number

More Read : LTE Mini-Physical Interface Module 

After the config, both the cl- and dl- interfaces able to dial in to the carrier Network:

cl-2/0/0                up    up
cl-2/0/0.0              up    up  
dl0                     up    up
dl0.0                   up    up   inet     10.212.149.49/30 <<<
                                   inet6    2001:8004:1180:2bd4:d281:c5ff:fe61:d1e5/64 <<<
                                            fe80::427f:5f0f:fcdf:dee2/64

Modification History

2024-08-31 : Article Created