Forcing A Switchover To The Standby Supervisor Engine - Cisco WS-C6506 Software Manual

Configuring Redundant Supervisor Engines on the Switch
This example shows how to check the status of the standby supervisor engine by entering the show
module and show test commands:
Console> (enable) show module 2
Mod Slot Ports Module-Type
--- ---- ----- ------------------------- ------------------- --------
2
Mod Module-Name
--- ------------------- -----------
2
Mod MAC-Address(es)
--- -------------------------------------- ------ ---------- -----------------
2
Mod Sub-Type
--- ------------------- ------------------- ----------- ------
2
Console> (enable)
Console> (enable) show test 2
Module 2 : 2-port 1000BaseX Supervisor
Network Management Processor (NMP) Status: (. = Pass, F = Fail, U = Unknown)
ROM:
Line Card Status for Module 1 : PASS
Port Status :
Ports 1
-----------
Line Card Diag Status for Module 2
Module 2
Cafe II Status :
Loopback Status [Reported by Module 2] :
Ports 1
-----------
Console> (enable)

Forcing a Switchover to the Standby Supervisor Engine

You can force a switchover to the standby supervisor engine by resetting the active supervisor engine.
Resetting the active supervisor engine disconnects any open Telnet sessions.
Note
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Software Configuration Guide—Release 8.7
23-6
2 2 1000BaseX Supervisor
Serial-Num
SAD02330231
00-e0-14-0e-f5-6c to 00-e0-14-0e-f5-6d 0.404
00-e0-14-0e-f5-6e to 00-e0-14-0e-f5-6f
00-10-7b-bb-2b-00 to 00-10-7b-bb-2e-ff
Sub-Model
L2 Switching Engine WS-F6020
. Flash-EEPROM: .
2
. .
NewLearnTest:
IndexLearnTest:
DontForwardTest:
DontLearnTest:
ConditionalLearnTest:
BadBpduTest:
TrapTest:
2
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Model
WS-X6K-SUP1-2GE
Hw Fw
4.2(2038)
Sub-Serial
SAD02350211 0.101
Ser-EEPROM: . NVRAM: .
(. = Pass, F = Fail, N = N/A)
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Chapter 23 Configuring Redundancy
Status
ok
Sw
4.2(0.24)VAI50
Sub-Hw
EOBC Comm: .
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