Chapter 6 Managing the Device Hardware

Information About Modules

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Table 6-5shows the results for each scenario.

Table 6-6

Full Redundancy Mode Scenarios

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Input Source Mode

Power Supply Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power

Power

Power

System

Available

Reserve

Available

Reserve

 

 

Supply 1

Supply 2

Supply 3

Usage

Power

Power

Power

Power

 

Scenario

(kW)

(kW)

(kW)

(kW)

(kW)

(kW)

(kW)

(kW)

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

6.0

6.0

8.784

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

Available power does not meet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the device usage requirement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

6.0

6.0

3.0

8.784

6.0

9.0

9.0

6.0

Available power for the power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

supply mode is sufficient but

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the available power for the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

input source mode is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

insufficient, so the available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

power does not meet the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

device usage requirement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

6.0

6.0

6.0

8.784

9.0

9.0

12.0

6.0

Available power for both

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

modes meets the device usage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

requirement, so you can power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

up the entire device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information About Modules

The following sections explain how you can manage operations for the device modules:

Supervisor Modules, page 6-14

I/O Modules, page 6-15

Fabric Modules, page 6-15

Supervisor Modules

The Cisco Nexus 7010 device has one or two supervisor modules. When it has two supervisors, one supervisor is automatically active while the other is in standby mode. If the active supervisor goes down or is disconnected for replacement, the standby supervisor automatically becomes active. To understand the terms used for the supervisors, see Table 6-7.

Supervisor modules are automatically powered up and started with the device.

Table 6-7

Supervisor Module Terms and Usage in Console Displays

 

 

 

 

Module Terms

 

Fixed or Relative

Usage

 

 

 

module-5 and module-6

Fixed usage

module-5 always refers to the supervisor module in slot 5 and

 

 

 

module-6 always refers to the supervisor module in slot 6.

 

 

 

sup-1 and sup-2

Fixed usage

sup-1 always refers to the supervisor module in slot 5 and

 

 

 

sub-2 always refers to the supervisor module in slot 6.

 

 

 

 

 

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