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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation and Reference Guide
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Chapter 6 Managing the Device Hardware
Verifying the Status of a Module

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 chas sis.
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 th e 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)
--- -------------- ------ --------------------------------------------------
6 4.0(0.855) 0.34051 --
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 t o 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).
Table 6-7 Supervisor Module Terms and Usage in Console Displays (continued)
Module Terms Fixed or Relative Usage