If there are two supervisors that are installed in the chassis, both must be the same type as shown in the
following table:
Table 2:
Is Combination Allowed?
Standby Supervisor
Active Supervisor
Yes
Supervisor A
Supervisor A
Yes
Supervisor B
Supervisor B
Yes
Supervisor A+
Supervisor A+
Yes
Supervisor B+
Supervisor B+
Note
Supervisor modules are automatically powered up and started with the switch.
To understand the terms that are used for the supervisors, see the following table.
Description
Usage
Module Terms
• Module-27 refers to the supervisor module in chassis
slot 27 (labeled as SUP 1 on the chassis).
• Module-28 refers to the supervisor module in chassis
slot 28 (labeled as SUP 2 on the chassis).
Fixed
module-27 and module-28
• sup-1 refers to the supervisor module in the SUP 1 slot
(slot 27 in the CLI output).
• sup-2 refers to the supervisor module in the SUP 2 slot
(slot 28 in the CLI output.
Fixed
sup-1 and sup-2
• sup-active refers to the active supervisor
module—relative to the slot that contains the active
supervisor module.
• sup-standby refers to the standby supervisor
module—relative to the slot that contains the standby
supervisor module.
Relative
sup-active and sup-standby
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Managing the Switch
Overview of Supervisor Modules
