Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6450 User Manual page 112

Reloading Switches
If there are only two switches in the stack, the switch that was reloaded (the former secondary) resumes
the secondary role when it comes back up.
Primary - Slot 1
Secondary - Slot 2
-> reload secondary
Primary - Slot 1
Booting...
Primary - Slot 1
Secondary - Slot 2
Reloading the Secondary Management Module In a Stack of Two
page 6-30
1 In this stack of two OmniSwitch 6450 switches, the slot
1 switch is the primary management module. The slot 2
switch is the secondary.
The user reloads the stack's secondary management
2
module by issuing the reload secondary command. Any
data flow on the secondary switch's Ethernet is inter-
As the secondary switch reboots, the primary manage-
3
ment module continues to operate without interruption.
Meanwhile the stack has no interim secondary manage-
ment module as the switch reboots.
When the rebooted switch comes back up, it assumes the
4
secondary management role within the stack.
OmniSwitch 6450 Hardware Users Guide
Managing OmniSwitch 6450 Stacks
July 2012