HP Cisco MDS 9020 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual page 270

Displaying HA Status Information
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
Table 9-1
State
Not present
Initializing
Active
Standby
Failed
Offline
At BIOS
Unknown
Table 9-2
Table 9-2
State
Active
HA standby
Offline
Unknown
Table 9-3
Table 9-3
State
HA standby
Active with no standby
Active with HA standby The active supervisor module in the switch is ready to be configured. The
Shutting down
HA switchover in
progress
Offline
HA synchronization in
progress
Standby (failed)
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
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Redundancy States
Description
The supervisor module is not present or is not plugged into the chassis.
The diagnostics have passed and the configuration is being downloaded.
The active supervisor module and the switch is ready to be configured.
A switchover is possible.
The switch detects a supervisor module failure on initialization and automatically
attempts to power-cycle the module three (3) times. After the third attempt it
continues to display a failed state.
The supervisor module is intentionally shut down for debugging purposes.
The switch has established connection with the supervisor and the supervisor
module is performing diagnostics.
The switch is in an invalid state. If it persists, call TAC.
lists the possible values for the supervisor module states.
Supervisor States
Description
The active supervisor module in the switch is ready to be configured.
A switchover is possible.
The switch is intentionally shut down for debugging purposes.
The switch is in an invalid state and requires a support call to TAC.
lists the possible values for the internal redundancy states.
Internal States
Description
The HA switchover mechanism in the standby supervisor module is
enabled (see the
A switchover is possible.
standby supervisor module is in the HA-standby state.
The switch is being shut down.
The switch is in the process of changing over to the HA switchover
mechanism.
The switch is intentionally shut down for debugging purposes.
The standby supervisor module is in the process of synchronizing its state
with the active supervisor modules.
The standby supervisor module is not functioning.
Chapter 9
"HA Switchover Characteristics" section on page
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Configuring High Availability
9-2).