Chapter 6 Managing the Device Hardware

Verifying the Status of a Module

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Supervisor Module Terms and Usage in Console Displays (continued)

 

 

 

 

Module Terms

 

Fixed or Relative

Usage

 

 

 

sup-active and sup-standby

Relative usage

sup-active refers to the active supervisor module—relative to the slot

 

 

 

that contains the active supervisor module.

 

 

 

sup-standby refers to the standby supervisor module—relative to the

 

 

 

slot that contains the standby supervisor module.

 

 

 

sup-local and sup-remote

Relative usage

If you are logged into the active supervisor, sup-local refers to the

 

 

 

active supervisor module and sup-remote refers to the standby

 

 

 

supervisor module.

 

 

 

If you are logged into the standby supervisor, sup-local refers to the

 

 

 

standby supervisor module (the one that you are logged into.) There

 

 

 

is no sup-remote available from the standby supervisor module (you

 

 

 

cannot access a file system on the active supervisor).

 

 

 

 

I/O Modules

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series devices support the following I/O modules in slots 1 through 4 and 7 through 10:

48-port 10/100/1000 Ethernet module

48-port 1 Gigabit Ethernet module

32-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module

Fabric Modules

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series devices support up to five fabric modules in the back of the chassis.

Verifying the Status of a Module

Before you begin configuring the device, you need to ensure that the modules in the chassis are functioning as designed. To verify the status of a module at any time, enter the show module command. The interfaces in each module are ready to be configured when the ok status is displayed in the show module command output. See Example 6-5.

Example 6-5 Displaying Module Information

switch# show module

 

 

Mod Ports Module-Type

Model

Status

-------- -------------------------------- ------------------ ------------

6

0

Supervisor module-1X

N7K-SUP1

active *

Mod

Sw

 

Hw

World-Wide-Name(s) (WWN)

 

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--------------

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6

4.0(0.855)

0.34051

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