Description

This article provides an explanation on the below alarm.

 

root@b01-17> show chassis alarms
3 alarms currently active
Alarm time               Class  Description
2025-05-19 17:33:04 PDT  Minor  FPC 5 PIC 0 Need bounce

Solution

When you change an existing port speed configuration at the port level, you must reset the SRX5K-IOC4-MRATE PIC for the configuration to take effect. An alarm is generated indicating the change in port speed configuration.

 

root@b01-17> show chassis alarms
3 alarms currently active
Alarm time               Class  Description
2025-05-19 17:33:04 PDT  Minor  FPC 5 PIC 0 Need bounce

2025-05-13 14:33:44 PDT  Major  Host 1 fxp0 : Ethernet Link Down
2025-05-12 16:34:23 PDT  Minor  CB Fabric Throughput Decreased

 

Also, a log message will be seen as below,

 

May 19 17:21:57  b01-17 alarmd[21960]: Alarm set: PIC id=385877367, color=YELLOW, class=CHASSIS, reason=FPC 5 PIC 0 Need bounce

 

Reset the FPC card using the below commands,

 

root@b01-17> request chassis fpc slot 5 offline
 Offline initiated, use "show chassis fpc" to verify

 

root@b01-17> request chassis fpc slot 5 online
Online initiated, use "show chassis fpc" to verify

 

The alarm will get cleared and the interface will show the configured speed.

 

root@b01-17> show chassis alarms
2 alarms currently active
Alarm time               Class  Description
2025-05-13 14:33:44 PDT  Major  Host 1 fxp0 : Ethernet Link Down
2025-05-12 16:34:23 PDT  Minor  CB Fabric Throughput Decreased

 

May 19 17:30:29  b01-17 alarmd[21960]: Alarm cleared: PIC id=385877367, color=YELLOW, class=CHASSIS, reason=FPC 5 PIC 0 Need bounce

 

 

 

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