Juniper JUNOS OS 10.3 - SOFTWARE Manual page 338

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request chassis request chassis
routing-engine master routing-engine master
acquire acquire
request chassis
routing-engine master
switch
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OS for EX Series Ethernet Switches, Release 10.3
to reinitialize the Flexible PIC Concentrators (FPCs) and restart the PICs. Interior gateway
protocol (IGP) and BGP convergence times depend on the specific network environment.
By default, the Routing Engine in slot 0 (RE0) is the master and the Routing Engine in
slot 1 (RE1) is the backup. To change the default master Routing Engine, include the
routing-engine statement at the [
configuration. For more information, see the Junos System Basics Configuration Guide
To have the backup Routing Engine become the master Routing Engine, use the
chassis routing-engine master switch
master and then restart the chassis software for any reason, the master reverts to the
default setting.
NOTE: Although the configurations on the two Routing Engines do not have
to be the same and are not automatically synchronized, we recommend
making both configurations the same.
maintenance
show chassis routing-engine on page 836
request chassis routing-engine master acquire on page 242
request chassis routing-engine master switch on page 242
When you enter this command, you are provided feedback on the status of your request.
user@host> request chassis routing-engine master acquire
warning: Traffic will be interrupted while the PFE is re-initialized
warning: The other routing engine's file system could be corrupted
Reset other routing engine and become master ? [yes,no] (no)
user@host> request chassis routing-engine master switch
warning: Traffic will be interrupted while the PFE is re-initialized
Toggle mastership between Routing Engines ? [yes,no] (no) yes
Resolving mastership...
Complete. The other Routing Engine becomes the master.
Switch mastership back to the local Routing Engine:
user@host> request chassis routing-engine master switch
warning: Traffic will be interrupted while the PFE is re-initialized
Toggle mastership between routing engines ? [yes,no] (no) yes
edit chassis redundancy ] hierarchy level in the
command. If you use this command to change the
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request