M800 Watchdog
The Audiocodes M800 platform is among Juniper's certified platforms. Of its capabilities, it supports a hardware watchdog which is enabled by way of a user space application. The watchdog will monitor the responsiveness of the operating system and if there is no activity for a period of time, the system will perform a restart.
Installation
The M800 watchdog plugin is obtained from the official SSR software repository.
The instructions for installing and managing the plugin can be found here.
Configuration
No configuration is necessary to activate this plugin.
Troubleshooting
The plugin is installed on the SSR as a Linux service. To confirm its operation, execute the command systemctl status M800_watchdog.
Feb 12 16:28:11 sol_acm800_dut1 systemd[1]: Started Watchdog for the Audiocodes M800 platform.
Feb 12 16:28:11 sol_acm800_dut1 M800_watchdog[17848]: Watchdog thread active
Feb 12 16:28:12 sol_acm800_dut1 M800_watchdog[17848]: Poked the watchdog
Feb 12 16:28:13 sol_acm800_dut1 M800_watchdog[17848]: Poked the watchdog
Feb 12 16:28:14 sol_acm800_dut1 systemd[1]: Stopping Watchdog for the Audiocodes M800 platform...
Feb 12 16:28:14 sol_acm800_dut1 M800_watchdog[17848]: Interrupt signal (15) received.
Feb 12 16:28:14 sol_acm800_dut1 M800_watchdog[17848]: Destructor called
Feb 12 16:28:14 sol_acm800_dut1 M800_watchdog[17848]: Stop called
Feb 12 16:28:14 sol_acm800_dut1 M800_watchdog[17848]: Watchdog thread signaled to disable watchdog and exit
Feb 12 16:28:14 sol_acm800_dut1 M800_watchdog[17848]: Joined with the watchdog thread
Feb 12 16:28:14 sol_acm800_dut1 systemd[1]: Stopped Watchdog for the Audiocodes M800 platform.
Release Notes
Release 3.0.1
Release Date: Oct 31, 2024
Issues Fixed
- PLUGIN-2721 Resolve on plugin downgrade config removal
Release 3.0.0
Image based install and upgrade (IBU) support for SSR 6.3.0.
Release Date: Sep 30, 2024
Release 2.0.0
Issues Fixed
- PLUGIN-768 Support the m800 Watchdog plugin in SSR versions
5.1.0and greater.