Determining The Active Rp In A Redundant Pair - Cisco ASR 9000 Series User Configuration Manual

Determining the Active RP in a Redundant Pair

and RSP1 is the slot on right. These slots are configured for redundancy by default, and the redundancy cannot
be eliminated. To establish RSP redundancy, install RSPs into both slots.
Figure 3: Redundant Set of RSPs Installed in Slots RSP0 and RSP1 in an 8-Slot Chassis
Determining the Active RP in a Redundant Pair
During system startup, one RSP in each redundant pair becomes the active RSP. You can tell which RSP is
the active RSP in the following ways:
• The active RSP can be identified by the green Primary LED on the faceplate of the card. The active RSP
• The slot of the active RSP is indicated in the CLI prompt. For example:
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is indicated when the Primary LED is on. The alphanumeric LED display on the RSP displays ACTV
RP.
RP/0/RSP1/CPU0:router#
In this example, the prompt indicates that you are communicating with the active RSP in slot RSP1. See
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router Getting Started Guide for a complete description
of the CLI prompt.
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