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Chapter2 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands
set poll
set poll
To enable or disable system polling, use the set poll command.
set poll {enable | disable}
Syntax Description
Defaults System polling is enabled.
Command Types Switch command.
Command Modes Privileged.
Usage Guidelines The set poll command is part of a recovery procedure that you can follow if the
CommunicationMedia Module (CMM) software image fails to load properly. For more information
about this procedure, see the “Disaster Recovery for CMM So ft ware Upgrades” section of the Catalyst
6500 Series and Cisco 7600 Series CMM Installation and Configuration Note. This note is located here:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat6000/cfgnotes/78_14107.htm
The set poll disable command disables the periodic polling of modules by the supervisor engine over
the Ethernet Out-of-Band Channel (EOBC) link.
Note Be careful when using the set poll disable command. If a failure occurs on the control plane with
Serial Communication Protocol (SCP) communication and periodic polling of m odu les is
disabled, the failure will not be immediately detected.
Note If system polling is disabled, communication failures between the supervisor engine and the
modules are not detected.
Examples This examples shows how to disable system polling:
Console> (enable) set poll disable
System polling disabled.
Console> (enable)
Related Commands set module power
show poll
enable Enables system polling.
disable Disables system polling.