Dell Force10 C150 Configuration Manual page 382

Automatic and manual RPM failover
RPM failover is the process of the standby RPM becoming the primary RPM. FTOS fails over to the
standby RPM when:
1. communication is lost between the standby and primary RPMs
2. you request a failover via the CLI
3. you remove the primary RPM
Use the command
Figure 18-1. Viewing RPM Redundancy Status
FTOS#show redundancy
-- RPM Status
------------------------------------------------
RPM Slot ID:
RPM Redundancy Role:
RPM State:
RPM SW Version:
Link to Peer:
-- PEER RPM Status
------------------------------------------------
RPM State:
RPM SW Version:
-- RPM Redundancy Configuration
------------------------------------------------
Primary RPM:
Auto Data Sync:
Failover Type:
Auto reboot RPM:
Auto failover limit:
-- RPM Failover Record
------------------------------------------------
Failover Count:
Last failover timestamp:
Last failover Reason:
Last failover type:
-- Last Data Block Sync Record:
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Line Card Config:
Start-up Config:
Runtime Event Log:
Running Config:
FTOS#
Note: A system may not start correctly if it boots from a corrupted FTOS image or an incorrect boot
location. To troubleshoot a failed start, you can interrupt the boot process and configure a different boot
location with the
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show redundancy
from EXEC Privilege mode to display the reason for the last failover.
--
0
Primary
Active
7.6.1.0
Up
--
Standby
7.6.1.0
--
rpm0
Full
Hot Failover
Enabled
3 times in 60 minutes
--
0
None
None
None
--
succeeded
succeeded
succeeded
succeeded
or
boot change boot system
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commands. For more information, see Recovering from a