Chapter 20 Show Commands

show incompatibility system

show incompatibility system

To display the HA compatibility status between the two supervisor modules, use the show incompatibility system command.

show incompatibility system [bootflash: slot0: volatile:]image-filename

Syntax Description

Defaults

Command Modes

Command History

Usage Guidelines

bootflash:

Source or destination location for internal bootflash memory

 

 

slot0:

Source or destination location for the CompactFlash memory or PCMCIA

 

card.

 

 

volatile:

Source or destination location for the volatile directory.

 

 

image-filename

Specifies the name of the system or kickstart image.

 

 

None.

 

EXEC

 

This command was introduced in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.2(1).

If the HA compatibility is strict on an active supervisor module, the standby supervisor module synchronization may not succeed and may move into an inconsistent state.

If the HA compatibility is loose, the synchronization may happen without errors, but some resources may become unusable when a switchover happens.

Examples

The following examples display kernel core settings.

 

switch# show incompatibility system bootflash:old-image-y

 

The following configurations on active are incompatible with the system image

 

1) Feature

Index : 67 , Capability : CAP_FEATURE_SPAN_FC_TUNNEL_CFG

 

Description : SPAN - Remote SPAN feature using fc-tunnels

 

Capability

requirement : STRICT

 

2) Feature

Index : 119 , Capability : CAP_FEATURE_FC_TUNNEL_CFG

 

Description : fc-tunnel is enabled

 

Capability

requirement : STRICT

 

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