Recovering One Supervisor Module With Corrupted Bootflash - Cisco 9134 - MDS Multilayer Fabric Switch Troubleshooting Manual

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Recovering One Supervisor Module With Corrupted Bootflash

If one supervisor module has functioning bootflash and the other has corrupted bootflash, follow these
steps:
Step 1 Boot the functioning supervisor module and log on to the switch.
Step 2 At the
command, where slot is the slot number of the supervisor module with the corrupted bootflash.
The supervisor module with the corrupted bootflash performs a netboot and checks the bootflash for
corruption. When the bootup scripts discover that the bootflash is corrupted, it generates an init system
command, which fixes the corrupt bootflash. The supervisor boots as the HA Standby.
If your system has an active supervisor module currently running, you must issue the system standby
Caution
manual-boot command in EXEC mode on the active supervisor module before issuing the init system
command on the standby supervisor module to avoid corrupting the internal bootflash:. After the init
system command completes on the standby supervisor module, issue the system no standby
manual-boot command in EXEC mode on the active supervisor module.
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prompt on the booted supervisor module, issue the reload module slot force-dnld
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