Manually Switching Over To The Standby Management Module; Rebooting The Active And Standby Management Modules - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

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Managing management module redundancy
To compare and immediately synchronize files between the active and standby modules if
differences exist, enter the following command at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI.
BigIron RX# sync-standby
Syntax: sync-standby
Synchronizing files without comparison
You can synchronize the flash code, system-config file, and running-config file immediately without
comparison. When you synchronize the files, the active module copies its files to the standby
module, replacing the files on the standby module.
To immediately synchronize the files between the active and standby modules, enter the following
command at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI.
BigIron RX# force-sync-standby
Syntax: force-sync-standby

Manually switching over to the standby management module

You can cause the BigIron RX Series system to switch over to the standby module (and thus make it
the active module). To do so, you can enter either the switchover or the reset commands at the
Privileged EXEC level.
BigIron RX# switchover
or
BigIron RX# reset
Syntax: switchover
Syntax: reset

Rebooting the active and standby management modules

You can reboot the management modules, maintaining the active and standby roles currently
performed by each module, using the boot system or reload commands. You can also reboot the
standby module only, maintaining its current standby role, using the reboot-standby command.
For example, to reboot the active and standby management modules from the primary RX Series
IronWare image in the management module's flash memory, enter the following command at the
Privileged EXEC level.
BigIron RX# boot system flash primary
Syntax: boot system bootp | [flash primary | flash secondary] | slot <number> <filename> | tftp
<ip-address> <filename>
The flash primary keyword specifies the primary RX Series IronWare image in the management
module's flash memory, while the flash secondary keyword specifies the secondary RX Series
IronWare image in the flash memory.
For the <number> parameter, specify 1 for PCMCIA slot 1 on the active management module and 2
for PCMCIA slot 2 on the active management module. For the <filename> parameter, specify the
name of the image on the PCMCIA flash card.
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