Description

This article explains the following "pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3082: new CM error module handle (11) for ASIC (PE0)" error that is seen on PTX series routers while booting up.

Symptoms

Device is displaying the following logs in the messages file:

root@router> show log messages.0.gz | match cmalarm

May 16 12:43:10.510 router fpc0 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3082: new CM error module handle (11) for ASIC (PE0)

May 16 12:43:11.242 router fpc1 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3082: new CM error module handle (11) for ASIC (PE0)

May 16 12:43:19.423 router fpc2 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3082: new CM error module handle (11) for ASIC (PE0)

May 16 12:43:22.535 router fpc3 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3082: new CM error module handle (11) for ASIC (PE0)

May 16 12:43:27.724 router fpc5 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3082: new CM error module handle (11) for ASIC (PE0)

May 16 12:43:31.235 router fpc4 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3082: new CM error module handle (11) for ASIC (PE0)

May 16 12:43:43.195 router fpc6 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3082: new CM error module handle (11) for ASIC (PE0)

May 16 12:43:46.383 router fpc7 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3082: new CM error module handle (11) for ASIC (PE0)

May 16 12:44:00.647 router fpc0 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3148: (1395) CM errors registered for ASIC (PE3)

May 16 12:44:01.386 router fpc1 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3148: (1395) CM errors registered for ASIC (PE3)

May 16 12:44:09.137 router fpc2 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3148: (1395) CM errors registered for ASIC (PE3)

May 16 12:44:13.079 router fpc3 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3148: (1395) CM errors registered for ASIC (PE3)

May 16 12:44:21.490 router fpc4 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3148: (1395) CM errors registered for ASIC (PE3)

May 16 12:44:35.111 router fpc5 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3148: (1395) CM errors registered for ASIC (PE4)

May 16 12:44:49.854 router fpc6 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3148: (1395) CM errors registered for ASIC (PE4)

May 16 12:44:53.264 router fpc7 pechip_cmalarm_info_create:3148: (1395) CM errors registered for ASIC (PE4)

Solution

It is important to clarify that these are not ERROR messages, but info and come only once per PE during FPC boot up.
Those messages tell that CMERROR module is successfully registered, PE module errors, and got a handle. These are logged as INFO and will not go to RE (with default).

Modification History

2025-05-21 : Article Created