[j-nsp] Force reset of routing engine from its peer

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> I was just wondering, is there a way to force reset a routing engine
> from the other in the same chassis?
> 
> I have a RE which just dies on the serial line with
> 
> root at bki1-r140734-re0% swap_pager: out of swap space
> swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
> 
> and then nothing mores happen, and a reboot try doesn't work:
> 
> root at bki1-r140734-re1> request system reboot other-routing-engine
> error: communication error while exchanging credentials with re0
> error: Couldn't connect to re re0
> 
> So any chanced to fix this remotely without sending someone to
> press the reset button?

You might be able to hard reboot it by powering off and on again the
corresponding CB:

request chassis cb slot 0 offline 
request chassis cb slot 0 online

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no