It could also be a hardware issue in either the referenced scb0 or back connector. Have you tried the following:
Re-seat the scb in its slot, and then check for bent pins at this time (you can use a flashlight) Swap the scb0 with a spare (Or borrow one from another slot 1, 2) Cheers, Masood On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 5:29 AM, Dave Peters - Terabit Systems < d...@terabitsystems.com> wrote: > Thanks a lot for the information. > > It's definitely an SCBE (not a 2), but I tried upgrading to a 13 version > just in case. Same FPGA revision error, and same firmware dead end. > > I appreciate the help. If anyone else has any pointers, let me know. > > -----Original Message----- > From: juniper-nsp [mailto:juniper-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf > Of Tobias Heister > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 2:54 PM > To: juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > Subject: Re: [j-nsp] MX480 SCB firmware issue > > Hi, > > Am 23.12.2014 um 23:23 schrieb Dave Peters - Terabit Systems: > > 1 alarm currently active > > Alarm time Class Description > > 2014-12-23 21:50:13 UTC Major CB 0 FPGA Revision unsupported > > > > In looking over the Juniper documentation, there's a "request system > firmware" command to update the SCB, but unfortunately, I'm not seeing that > option (meaning "request system ?" doesn't reveal firmware as a > possibility). I'm also not seeing any specific BIOS/firmware files in the > download section of the Juniper MX Series portion of the Juniper website. > > It is a hidden command, so you have to manually complete it. After the > firmware it starts to auto complete: > > > request system firmware ? > > Possible completions: > > downgrade > > upgrade > > > request system firmware upgrade ? > > Possible completions: > > fpc Upgrade FPC ROM monitor > > pic Upgrade PIC firmware > > vcpu Upgrade VCPU ROM monitor > > The output above is from an MX240 with SCB. > > I have never seen that error showing up but from what i have seen on > similar situations the firmware should be embedded in junos and the > firmware upgrade should just work without additional files. But SCB seems > not to be a valid upgrade target on MX: > > > request system firmware upgrade scb > > error: command is not valid on the mx480 > > tested on MX480 with SCBE > > Would you by any chance have bought SCBE2 (they would probably not been > available in used condition) instead of SCB. Just asking because SCBE2 is > supported starting from 13.something and does not work in 12.3 > > -- > Kind Regards > Tobias Heister > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp