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Manually switching over to the standby management module
This section describes how to manually switch the role of active management module from the currently active module to the standby
module.
NOTE
Hitless switchover is also supported. An enhancement to the manual switchover feature, a hitless switchover enables a
switchover of the active management module to standby module without interrupting switched traffic. For details, refer to the
FastIron Ethernet Switch Administration Guide .
You can cause the system to switch over to the standby module (and thus make it the active module). To do so, enter the following
command.
device# switch-over-active-role
Once you enter this command, the system will prompt you as follows.
Are you sure? (enter ’y’ or ’n’): y
Running Config data has been changed. Do you want to continue
the switch-over without saving the running config? (enter ’y’ or ’n’): n
Please save the running config and try switch-over again
Syntax: switch-over-active role
Rebooting the active and standby management modules
You can use the boot system or reload commands to reboot the management modules, maintaining the currently configured active
management module (the management module to which the set-active-mgmt command applies).
For example, to reboot the active and standby management modules from the primary IronWare image in the management module’s
flash memory, enter the following command at the Privileged EXEC level.
device# boot system flash primary
Syntax: boot system { bootup | flash primary | flash secondary | slot | tftp ip-address filename [ fiber-port ]
The flash primary keyword specifies the primary IronWare image in the management module’s flash memory, while the flash secondary
keyword specifies the secondary IronWare image in the flash memory.
The tftp keyword directs the switch to boot from an IronWare image on a TFTP server located at ip-address with the specified filename .
NOTE
To reboot the device from a TFTP server through a fiber connection, use the CLI command boot system tftp ip-address
filename fiber-port .
For example, to reboot the active and standby management modules, enter the following command at the Privileged EXEC level.
device# reload
Syntax: reload
Monitoring management module redundancy
You can monitor the following aspects of management module redundancy:
• The status of the management modules (if a module is the active or standby module)
Monitoring management module redundancy
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