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Cisco 7600 Series Router Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide, Release 12.2SX
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Chapter 6 Configuring the Supervisor Engine 2 and the Switch Fabric Module
Configuring the Switch Fabric Module
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Configuring Fabric-Required Mode, page 6-4
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Configuring an LCD Message, page 6-5
Note
When you are in configuration mode you can enter EXEC mode-level commands by entering the
do
keyword before the
EXEC mode-level command.
Configuring the Switching Mode
To configure the switching mode, perform this task:
When configuring the switching mode, note the following information:
•
To allow use of nonfabric-enabled modules or to allow fabric-enabled modules to use bus mode,
enter the
fabric switching-mode allow bus-mode
command.
•
To prevent use of nonfabric-enabled modules or to prevent fabric-enabled modules from using bus
mode, enter the
no fabric switching-mode allow bus-mode
command.
Caution
When you enter the
no fabric switching-mode allow bus-mode
command, power is removed from any
nonfabric-enabled modules installed in the router.
•
To allow fabric-enabled modules to use truncated mode, enter the
fabric switching-mode allow
truncated
command.
•
To prevent fabric-enabled modules from using truncated mode, enter the
no fabric switching-mode
allow truncated
command.
•
To configure how many fabric-enabled modules must be installed before they use truncated mode
instead of bus mode, enter the
fabric switching-mode allow truncated threshold
number
command.
•
To return to the default truncated-mode threshold, enter the
no fabric switching-mode allow
truncated threshold
command.
Configuring Fabric-Required Mode
To configure fabric-required mode, which prevents all switching modules from operating unless there is
a Switch Fabric Module installed, perform this task:
Command
Purpose
Router(config)# [
no
]
fabric switching-mode allow
{
bus-mode
| {
truncated
[{
threshold
[
number
]}]}
Configures the switching mode.
Command
Purpose
Router(config)#
fabric required
Configures fabric-required mode, which prevents switching
modules from operating without a switch fabric module.
Router(config)#
no fabric required
Clears fabric-required mode.