Craft Interface
Silencing External Devices Connected to Alarm Relay Contacts
You can manually silence external devices connected to alarm relay contacts. To silence an external devices, press the alarm cutoff button located on the craft interface front panel of the device.
Silencing the device does not remove the alarm messages from the display (if present on the router or switch) or extinguish the alarm LEDs. In addition, new alarms that occur after an external device is silenced reactivate the external device.
Configuring the Junos OS to Disable the Physical Operation of the Craft Interface
You can disable the physical operation of the craft interface front panel on the
router. When you disable the operation of the craft interface, the buttons on the
front panel, such as the alarm cutoff button, no longer function. To disable the
craft interface operation, include the craft-lockout statement at
the [edit chassis] hierarchy level:
[edit chassis] craft-lockout;
See Also
Remote Port Identification using LEDs for Cabling Assistance
With new and higher-density Modular Interface Cards (MICs) and Modular Port Concentrators (MPCs), cabling is complex and can result in wiring mistakes. Remote port identification reduces the complexity by providing an easy way of identifying the ports that must be connected to the cables.Starting in Junos OS Release 16.1, the remote port identification feature is supported on MPC7E-10G, MPC7E-MRATE, MX2K-MPC8E, and MX2K-MPC9E.
The remote port identification feature is supported on MX10K-LC2101 and MX10K-LC9600 on MX10008 routers.
LEDs, used to display the status of the port, can be configured to blink for a small duration of time to identify the port and provide cabling assistance. Depending on the port identification required, you can configure the LED of a specific port, LEDs of all ports, LED of a specific type of port to blink. For instance, on MX2020 routers with MPC8E, you can identify the active ports that support port speeds of 100 Gbps by configuring the LEDs of the specific port to blink. Similarly, you can identify active ports that support port speeds of 10 Gbps and 40 Gbps. You can configure the LED of, for example, active port 9 on the MX2020 router with MPC9E and MIC-MRATE. You can also make the LEDs of all the ports blink, if required.
You can specify the duration of time that a LED blinks. The default duration is 5 minutes (300 seconds). You can also stop the LED from blinking before the duration expires, if required.
To enable port identification on the enhanced MPCs, you can
make the LED corresponding to the ports to blink using the request
chassis port-led command.
Configuring the LCD Panel on EX Series Switches (CLI Procedure)
This topic applies to hardware devices in the EX Series product family, which includes switches and the XRE200 External Routing Engine, that support the LCD panel interface.
The LCD panel on the front panel of EX Series switches displays a variety of information about the switch in the Status menu and provides the Maintenance menu to enable you to perform basic operations such as initial setup and reboot. You can disable these menus or individual menu options if you do not want switch users to use them. You can also set a custom message that will be displayed on the panel.
Disabling or Enabling Menus and Menu Options on the LCD Panel
By default, the Maintenance menu, the Status menu, and the options in those menus in the LCD panel are enabled. Users can configure and troubleshoot the switch by using the Maintenance menu and view certain details about the switch by using the Status menu.
If you do not want users to be able to use those menus or some of the menu options, you can disable the menus or individual menu options. You can reenable the menus or menu options.
Issue the show chassis lcd menu operational mode
command to see the menus or menu options that are currently enabled.
On some platforms, you must specify an FPC slot number in these commands. See the lcd-menu statement for details.
To disable a menu:
[edit] user@switch# set chassis lcd-menu menu-item menu-name disable
To enable a menu:
[edit] user@switch# delete chassis lcd-menu menu-item menu-name disable
To disable a menu option:
[edit] user@switch# set chassis lcd-menu menu-item menu-option disable
To enable a menu option:
[edit] user@switch# delete chassis lcd-menu menu-item menu-option disable
Configuring a Custom Display Message
You can configure the second line of the LCD to display a custom message temporarily for 5 minutes or permanently.
To display a custom message temporarily:
On an EX3200 switch, a standalone EX3300 switch, a standalone EX4200 switch, a standalone EX4300 switch except EX4300-48MP and EX4300-48MP-S switches, a standalone EX4500 switch, a standalone EX4550 switch, an EX6200 switch, an EX8200 switch, or an XRE200 External Routing Engine:
user@switch> set chassis display message message
On an EX3300, EX4200, EX4300, EX4500, or EX4550 switch in a Virtual Chassis configuration:
user@switch> set chassis display message message fpc-slot slot-number
To display a custom message permanently:
On an EX3200 switch, a standalone EX3300 switch, a standalone EX4200 switch, a standalone EX4300 switch except EX4300-48MP and EX4300-48MP-S switches, a standalone EX4500 switch, a standalone EX4550 switch, an EX6200 switch, an EX8200 switch, or an XRE200 External Routing Engine:
user@switch> set chassis display message message permanent
On an EX3300, EX4200, EX4300 except EX4300-48MP and EX4300-48MP-S, EX4500, or EX4550 switch in a Virtual Chassis configuration:
user@switch> set chassis display message message fpc-slot slot-number permanent
The buttons on the LCD panel are disabled when the LCD is configured to display a custom message.
To disable the display of the custom message:
user@switch> clear chassis display message
You can view the custom message by issuing the show chassis lcd command.
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