Connecting To A Module - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation And Reference Manual

Chapter 7 Managing the Switch Hardware
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Table 7-8
show module Command
Status Output
powered up
testing
initializing
failure
ok
power-denied
active
HA-standby

Connecting to a Module

At any time, you can connect to any module by using the attach module command. Once you are at the
module prompt, you can obtain further details about the module by using module-specific commands in
EXEC mode.
SUMMARY STEPS
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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 switch 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 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.
attach module slot_number
dir bootflash
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