Redundancy (Switches 8200zl)

Existing CLI Commands Affected by Redundant Management

Command

Action

 

 

Boot active

Boots the active management module. The switch starts to

 

boot from the default flash image. You can select which

 

image to boot from during the boot process itself. See Figure

 

15-22.The switch will switchover to the standby

 

management module. If a second management module is not

 

present in the switch, the system is rebooted.

 

 

Boot standby

Boots the standby management module. The switch does not

 

switchover.

 

If the standby module is not present, this message displays:

 

“The other management module is not present.”

 

 

boot system [flash <primary

Boots both the active and standby management modules.

secondary>]

You can specify the flash image to boot from.

 

 

boot set-default flash

Sets the default flash for the next boot to primary or

<primary secondary>

secondary. You will see this message:

 

“This command changes the location of the default boot. This

 

command will change the default flash image to boot from

 

<flash chosen>. Hereafter, ‘reload’ and ‘boot’ commands will

 

boot from <flash chosen>. Do you want to continue [y/n]?”

 

 

You can select a boot profile during the reboot process, as shown in Figure 15-22.If you make no selection, the boot defaults to the imaged displayed as the default choice (shown in parentheses).

Boot Profiles:

0.Monitor ROM Console

1.Primary Software Image

2.Secondary Software Image

Select profile(primary): 2

Booting Secondary Software Image...

Figure 15-22. The Management Module Rebooting, Showing Boot Profiles to Select

An example of the boot command with the default flash set to secondary is shown in Figure 15-23.

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