Connecting To A Module - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Managing Modules
Table 24: Module States
Module Status Output
powered up
testing
initializing
failure
ok
power-denied
active
HA-standby
standby

Connecting to a Module

At any time, you can connect to any module using the attach module command. Once you are at the module
prompt, you can obtain further details about the module using module-specific commands.
You can also use the attach module command as follows:
• To display the standby supervisor module information. You cannot configure the standby supervisor
• To display the switching module portion of the Cisco MDS 9200 Series supervisor module which resides
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module using this command.
in slot 1.
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 module and the switching module
is performing bootup diagnostics.
The diagnostics have completed successfully and the
configuration is being downloaded.
The switch detects a switching module failure upon
initialization and automatically attempts to
power-cycle the module three times. After the third
attempt it continues to display a failed state.
The switch is ready to be configured.
The switch detects insufficient power for a switching
module to power up.
This module is the active supervisor module and the
switch is ready to be configured.
The HA switchover mechanism is enabled on the
standby supervisor module.
The warm switchover mechanism is enabled on the
standby supervisor module.
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