Checking The State Of A Module - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation And Reference Manual

Checking the State of a Module

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The Status column in the output should display an ok status for switching modules and an active or
standby (or HA-standby) status for supervisor modules. If the status is either ok or active, you can
continue with your configuration.
A standby supervisor module reflects the HA-standby status if the HA switchover mechanism is enabled.
Note
If the warm switchover mechanism is enabled, the standby supervisor module reflects the standby status.
For information about the states through which a switching module progresses, see the
State of a Module" section on page

Checking the State of a Module

If your chassis has more than one I/O module, you can check the progress by repeatedly using the show
module command and viewing the Status column each time.
The I/O module goes through a testing and an initializing stage before displaying an ok status.
describes the possible states in which a module can exist.
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show module Command
Status Output
powered up
testing
initializing
failure
ok
power-denied
active
HA-standby
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Module States
Description
The hardware has electrical power. When the hardware is powered up, the
software begins booting.
The switching module has established connection with the supervisor and the
switching module is performing bootup diagnostics.
The diagnostics have completed successfully and the configuration is being
downloaded.
The device detects a switching module failure upon initialization and
automatically attempts to power-cycle the module three times. After the third
attempt, the module powers down.
The device is ready to be configured.
The device detects insufficient power for a switching module to power up.
This module is the active supervisor module and the device is ready to be
configured.
The HA switchover mechanism is enabled on the standby supervisor module.
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