Chapter 6 Managing the Device Hardware

EPLD Configuration

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Example 14 Displaying the Current EPLD Versions for a Module

switch# show version module 2 epld

EPLD DeviceVersion

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Power Manager

4.2

IO

1.10

Forwarding Engine

1.6

FE Bridge(1)

186.2

FE Bridge(2)

186.2

Linksec Engine(1)

1.2

Linksec Engine(2)

1.2

Linksec Engine(3)

1.2

Linksec Engine(4)

1.2

Linksec Engine(5)

1.2

Linksec Engine(6)

1.2

Linksec Engine(7)

1.2

Linksec Engine(8)

1.2

Displaying EPLD Versions for a Fabric Module

To view all current EPLD versions on a fabric module, use the show version xbar slot_number epld command as shown in Example 15.

Example 15 Displaying the Current EPLD Versions for a Fabric Module

switch# show version xbar 1 epld

EPLD DeviceVersion

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

Power Manager

2.7

Displaying EPLD Versions for a Fan Tray Module

To view all current EPLD versions on a specific fan tray, use the show version fan slot_number epld command as shown in Example 16.

Example 16 Displaying Current EPLD Versions for Fan Tray 1

switch# show version fan 1 epld

EPLD DeviceVersion

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

Fan

Controller(BUS

A)

2.7

Fan

Controller(BUS

B)

2.7

Displaying the Available EPLD Versions

To view the available EPLD versions, use the show version epld url command.

switch# show version epld bootflash:n7000-s1-epld.4.0.2.img

EPLD image file , built on Fri May 16 20:36:39 2008

 

 

 

Module Type

EPLD Device

Version

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Supervisor-1X

Power Manager

3.6

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems N7KF248XT25EP1, 7000, UCSCPCIECSC02, N7KC7004, N7KC7018RF manual Displaying Epld Versions for a Fabric Module

N6KC600164P, UCSCPCIECSC02, N7KF248XP25E, N7KF248XT25E, N7KF248XT25EP1 specifications

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