Dell N1100-ON, Reference Manual

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Switch Management Commands
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nsf
Use this command to enable non-stop forwarding. The no form of the
command will disable NSF.
Syntax
nsf
no nsf
Default Configuration
Non-stop forwarding is enabled by default.
Command Mode
Stack Configuration mode
User Guidelines
Nonstop forwarding allows the forwarding plane of stack units to continue to
forward packets while the control and management planes restart as a result
of a power failure, hardware failure, or software fault on the stack
management unit.
Example
console(config)#nsf
ping
Use the ping command to check the accessibility of the specified station on
the network.
Use of the optional VRF parameter executes the command within the
context of the VRF specific routing table.