Managing Redundancy in a Stack

Managing CMM Directory Content

 

 

 

 

Synchronizing the Primary and Secondary CMMs

If you have a secondary CMM in your switch, it will be necessary to synchronize the software between the primary and secondary CMM. If the primary CMM goes down (for example, during a reboot), then the switch fails over to the secondary CMM. If the software in the secondary CMM is not synchronized with the software in the primary CMM, the switch will not function as configured by the administrator.

The synchronization process is shown in the diagram below:

Working

Certified

1

 

Primary CMM

 

Working

Certified

 

3

2

Secondary CMM

Running

In the above diagram:

1The primary CMM copies its certified directory to the secondary CMM working directory (remember that you cannot copy files directly to the certified directory, they must first be copied to the working direc- tory).

2A reboot of the secondary CMM must be initiated (either immediately or at a later time), loading the new contents of the working directory to the running configuration.

3If no problems exist, then the working directory is automatically copied to the certified directory of the secondary CMM.

This process continues down the line until all switches in the stack are synchronized.

If the secondary CMM fails to boot properly, then the contents of the secondary CMM’s certified direc- tory overwrite the new software on the working directory of the secondary CMM. This has the effect of denying the attempted synchronization process.

This process copies the files in the certified directory of the primary CMM to the certified directory of the secondary CMM. This prevents the secondary CMM from rebooting using incorrect or out-of-date soft- ware should the primary CMM go down.

On a stack, this command will synchronize all switches in the stack.

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