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Chapter 23 Configuring Redundancy
MSFC Redundancy
alt Keyword Usage
When you enable the Config Sync RuntimeStatus, the configuration mode on the nondesignated MSFC
is disabled; only the EXEC mode is still available. The configuration of both MSFCs is made through
the console or a Telnet session on the designated MSFC.
To configure both MSFCs from a single console, enter the
alt
keyword to specify an alternate
configuration. When specifying the alternate configuration, the configuration that is specified before the
alt
keyword relates to the MSFC on the supervisor engine in slot 1 of the switch; the configuration that
is specified after the
alt
keyword relates to the MSFC on the supervisor engine in slot 2.
Note
You must enter the
alt
keyword when you enable Config Sync AdminStatus.
Table 23-3
shows the interface and global configuration commands that contain the
alt
keyword.
This example shows how to use the
alt
keyword when entering the
ip address
command:
Router-1(config-if)#
ip address 1.2.3.4 255.255.255.0 alt ip address 1.2.3.5 255.255.255.0
Enabling or Disabling Configuration Synchronization
To enable high-availability redundancy, perform this task in privileged mode:
Table 23-3
Interface and Global Configuration Commands Containing the alt Keyword
Interface Configuration Commands
Global Configuration Commands
•
[
no
]
standby
[
group_number
]
ip
[
ip_address
[
secondary
]]
alt
[
no
]
standby
[
group_number
]
ip
[
ip_address
[
secondary
]]
•
[
no
]
standby
[
group_number
]
priority
priority
[
preempt
[
delay
delay
]]
alt
[
no
]
standby
[
group_number
]
priority
priority
[
preempt
[
delay
delay
]]
•
[
no
]
ip address
ip_address mask
[
secondary
]
alt
[
no
]
ip address
ip_address mask
[
secondary
]
•
[
no
]
ipx network
network
[
encapsulation
encapsulation_type
[
secondary
]] [
alt
[
no
]
ipx
network
network
[
encapsulation
encapsulation_type
[
secondary
]]]
•
[
no
]
hostname
hostname
alt
hostname
hostname
•
[
no
]
ip default-gateway
ip_address
alt
[
no
]
ip
default-gateway
ip_address
•
router bgp
autonomous_system
bgp router-id
ip_address
[
alt
ip_address
]
•
router ospf
process_id
router-id
ip_address
[
alt
ip_address
]
Task
Command
Step 1
Enable redundancy.
redundancy
Step 2
Enable high availability.
high-availability
Step 3
Enable or disable configuration
synchronization.
[
no
]
config-sync