Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series, Command Reference Manual

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redundancy force-switchover
To force a switchover from the active switch to the standby switch, use the redundancy force-switchover
command in privileged EXEC mode on a switch stack.
redundancy force-switchover
Syntax Description
This command has no arguments or keywords.
Command Default
None
Command Modes
Privileged EXEC
Command History
Modification Release
This command was introduced. Cisco IOS XE 3.3SECisco IOS XE 3.3SE
Usage Guidelines
Use the redundancy force-switchover command to manually switch over to the redundant switch. The
redundant switch becomes the new active switch that runs the Cisco IOS image, and the modules are reset to
their default settings.
The old active switch reboots with the new image and joins the stack.
If you use the redundancy force-switchover command on the active switch, the switchports on the active
switch to go down.
If you use this command on a switch that is in a partial ring stack, the following warning message appears:
Device#
redundancy force-switchover
Stack is in Half ring setup; Reloading a switch might cause stack split
This will reload the active unit and force switchover to standby[confirm]
Examples This example shows how to manually switch over from the active to the standby supervisor engine:
Device# redundancy force-switchover
Device#
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