Action
• Observe the system LED on the front panel of the router. If the router is functioning normally with
no alarms, the system LED lights green steadily.
• Issue the show chassis alarms command to verify the status of router. As shown in the sample output,
the value Class indicates the severity of the alarm.
user@host> show chassis alarms
1 alarms currently active
Alarm time
2012-04-08 14:13:37 PDT Minor Host 0 Boot from alternate media
When the router is functioning normally with no active alarms, the CLI displays the output as shown:
user@host> show chassis alarms
No alarms currently active
Meaning
Table 32 on page 155
lists the alarm output fields.
Table 32: Alarm Output Fields
Field
Alarm time
Class
Description
Class Description
Values
Date and time when the failure was detected.
Alarm severity—either major or minor.
Brief synopsis of the alarm.
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