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Managing the interface modules
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The system allows you to manage synchronization of the IronWare images between management
and interface modules in the following situations:
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You are prompted to synchronize the IronWare images during bootup.
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You want to initiate an immediate synchronization; for example, you want an immediate update
of the IronWare images on one or all interface modules.
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You want to disable synchronization; for example, you have upgraded the IronWare image of
one interface module but want to continue running the older image on all other interface
modules.
The following section discuss how to manage the IronWare image synchronization in these
situations.
Synchronizing the interface modules’ IronWare images during bootup
By default, the BigIron RX Series system checks the IronWare images in the interface module’s
flash memory during boot to ensure they are the same as the IronWare images in the management
module’s flash memory. If an interface module does not have a IronWare image, the system
automatically downloads the image from the management module’s flash memory to the interface
module’s flash memory.
If an interface module has different IronWare images, the system prompts you to do the following:
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If you want to update the primary and secondary IronWare images in the interface module’s
flash memory with the images in the management module’s flash memory, enter the lp
cont-boot sync <slot-number> command at the Privileged EXEC prompt.
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If you want to retain the IronWare images in the interface module’s flash memory, enter the lp
cont-boot no-sync <slot-number> command at the Privileged EXEC prompt.
Specifying an immediate synchronization
You can immediately synchronize the IronWare images between the management module and one
or all interface modules. For example, to immediately synchronize the IronWare images between
the management module and all interface modules, enter the following command at the Privileged
EXEC level:
BigIron RX# lp sync all
Syntax: lp sync all | <slot-number>
The all keyword indicates that the immediate synchronization applies to all interface modules in the
BigIron RX Series chassis.
The <slot-number> parameter specifies the BigIron RX Series chassis slot number that contains
the interface module to which the immediate synchronization applies. You can specify 1 – 4 for
BigIron RX-4, 1 – 8 for BigIron RX-8 or 1 – 16 for BigIron RX-16.
Disabling or reenabling an automatic check and synchronization
By default, the BigIron RX Series system checks the IronWare images in the interface module’s
flash memory during bootup to ensure it is the same as the IronWare images in the management
module’s flash memory. For information about what the system does if the interface module does
not currently have a IronWare image or if the image is different from that of the management
module, refer to
“Synchronizing the interface modules’ IronWare images during bootup” on
page 124.