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: reset
Syntax: switchover
NOTE
When you enter the switchover command, the CLI asks you to confirm your request by displaying the
following prompt.
Are you sure? (enter 'y' or 'n'):
You must enter Y to continue executing the switchover command, or N to cancel your request.

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.
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