Monitoring the SIBs
Purpose
You monitor the Switch Interface Boards (SIBs) that provide the switching function to the destination Flexible PIC Concentrator (FPC). The SIBs create the switch fabric for the routing platforms, providing up to a total of 640 million packets per second (Mpps) of forwarding. (See Table 1.)
Action
Table 1: Checklist for Monitoring the SIBs
Monitor SIB Tasks | Command or Action |
|---|---|
| Monitoring the SIB Status | |
show chassis sibs | |
show chassis craft-interface | |
Check the SIB faceplate at the back of the T320 router, T640 router , T1600 router, TX Matrix router, and TX Matrix Plus router chassis. | |
show chassis environment show chassis environment sib slot | |
| Displaying SIB Alarms | |
show chassis alarms | |
show log messages| match sib | |
show log chassisd | match sib | |
| Verifying SIB Failure | |
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The fuses for the SIBs are located in the rear of the midplane behind the power supply in slot PEM0. | |
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| Getting SIB Hardware Information | |
show chassis hardware | |
Look on the top left of the SIB component. | |
| Returning the SIB | Follow the procedure in the appropriate router hardware guide. |
