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+# Juniper LED state [(Download the MKP package)](/../../../-/raw/master/juniper_led.mkp "Download MKP package")
+
+Monitors the state of the Juniper LEDs using the JUNIPER-MIB.
+
+*Note*: the used OIDs are deprecated by Juniper.
+
+---
+### Check Info:
+
+* *service*: this check creates the service _Alarm LED_ for each LED with the LED description as item
+
+* *state*: 
+    - WARN/CRIT/UNKNON based on the LED state
+
+* *wato*: none
+   
+* *perfdata*: none
+    
+---
+#### Want to contribute?
+Nice ;-) Have a look at the [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md "Contributing")
+
+---
+### Sample output
+
+![sample output](/doc/sample.png?raw=true "sample output")