Description

Customer sees Minor alarm set, FPC 0 Optics supply voltage too high or low, but FPC looks OK with no active alarms.

Symptoms

In this error log there should not be alarms as shown:

Output from the device:

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{master}

user@root> show chassis alarms

No alarms currently active

 

You should see logs like these:

{master}

user@root> show log messages | match optic

Feb 7 20:45:07.065 user@root alarmd[20148]: Alarm set: FPC id=1375731816, color=YELLOW, class=CHASSIS, reason=FPC 0 Optics supply voltage too high or low

Feb 7 20:45:07.065 user@root craftd[17933]: Receive FX craftd set alarm message: color: 2 class: 100 object: 104 slot: 0 silent: 0 short_reason=FPC 0 Optics supply voltage too high or low long_reason=FPC 0 Optics supply voltage too high or low id=1375731816 reason=1375731712

Feb 7 20:45:07.065 user@root craftd[17933]: Minor alarm set, FPC 0 Optics supply voltage too high or low

Feb 7 20:45:08.069 user@root alarmd[20148]: Alarm cleared: FPC id=1375731816, color=YELLOW, class=CHASSIS, reason=FPC 0 Optics supply voltage too high or low

Feb 7 20:45:08.069 user@root craftd[17933]: Minor alarm cleared, FPC 0 Optics supply voltage too high or low

 

FPC not rebooted in a long time.

user@root> show chassis fpc detail

Slot 0 information:
  State                               Online
  Total CPU DRAM                 32768 MB
  Total HBM                      49152 MB
  FIPS Capable                        True
  Temperature                      36 degrees C / 96 degrees F
  Start time                          2024-02-20 10:42:20 UTC
  Uptime                              353 days, 12 hours, 2 minutes, 34 seconds<<<<<<<
  Max power consumption           1770 Watts
  Operating Bandwidth             9600 G

Please review if the device is using non-juniper SFPs:


>show chassis hardware detail 

FPC 0            REV 40   750-114437            JNP10K-LC9600
  CPU            REV 06   750-116519            JNP10K-LC9600 PMB
  PIC 0                   BUILTIN      BUILTIN           MRATE-4xQDD
    Xcvr 0       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 1       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 2       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 3       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
  PIC 1                   BUILTIN      BUILTIN           MRATE-4xQDD
    Xcvr 0       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 1       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 2       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 3       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
  PIC 2                   BUILTIN      BUILTIN           MRATE-4xQDD
    Xcvr 0       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 1       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 2       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 3       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
  PIC 3                   BUILTIN      BUILTIN           MRATE-4xQDD
    Xcvr 0       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 1       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 2       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 3       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
  PIC 4                   BUILTIN      BUILTIN           MRATE-4xQDD
    Xcvr 0       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 1       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 2       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 3       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
  PIC 5                   BUILTIN      BUILTIN           MRATE-4xQDD
    Xcvr 0       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 1       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 2       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
    Xcvr 3       XXXX     NON-JNPR               QSFP56-DD-400GBASE-DR4
  Mezz           REV 10   711-114174            JNP10K-LC9600-Mezz

Solution

This error should be harmless with no impact. The cause of this could be using non-juniper SFPs.

Please try to swap the SFPs using original Juniper ones.

Modification History

2026-06-07: Corrected KB and published it as public.
2025-02-10 : Article Created