Chapter 6 Managing the Device Hardware

Checking the State of a Module

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switch#

The Status column in the output should display an ok status for switching modules and an active or standby (or HA-standby) status for supervisor modules. If the status is either ok or active, you can continue with your configuration.

Note A standby supervisor module reflects the HA-standby status if the HA switchover mechanism is enabled. If the warm switchover mechanism is enabled, the standby supervisor module reflects the standby status.

For information about the states through which a switching module progresses, see the “Checking the State of a Module” section on page 6-16.

Checking the State of a Module

If your chassis has more than one I/O module, you can check the progress by repeatedly using the show module command and viewing the Status column each time.

The I/O module goes through a testing and an initializing stage before displaying an ok status. Table 6-8describes the possible states in which a module can exist.

Table 6-8

Module States

 

show module Command

 

Status Output

 

Description

 

 

 

powered up

 

The hardware has electrical power. When the hardware is powered up, the

 

 

software begins booting.

 

 

 

testing

 

The switching module has established connection with the supervisor and the

 

 

switching module is performing bootup diagnostics.

 

 

 

initializing

 

The diagnostics have completed successfully and the configuration is being

 

 

downloaded.

 

 

 

failure

 

The device detects a switching module failure upon initialization and

 

 

automatically attempts to power-cycle the module three times. After the third

 

 

attempt, the module powers down.

 

 

 

ok

 

The device is ready to be configured.

 

 

 

power-denied

 

The device detects insufficient power for a switching module to power up.

 

 

 

active

 

This module is the active supervisor module and the device is ready to be

 

 

configured.

 

 

 

HA-standby

 

The HA switchover mechanism is enabled on the standby supervisor module.

 

 

 

 

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