Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Omni Switch/Router - Manual (Page 182)

Gaining Control from the Primary MPX
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Gaining Control from the Primary MPX
The takeover command tells the secondary MPX to take control and become the primary MPX .
It does this by issuing a request to the primary MPX to relinquish control. You must be logged
into the secondary MPX to use this command. If you are logged into the primary MPX , use the
renounce command, which is described in Giving Up Control to the Secondary MPX on page 6-
14.
♦ Warning ♦
The takeover command should only be used during
network down times since it could cause network inter-
ruptions.
To transfer control from primary MPX to the secondary MPX , enter
takeover
at the system prompt. The following prompt will display.
Confirm? (n):
Press y to transfer control to the secondary MPX or press n to cancel the command (the
default is n ). If you enter y , the switch will reset after displaying the messages similar to the
following.
System going down immediately...
Please standby, chassis configuration changing (Hit ^C to abort).....Taking over
as Primary
... Alcatel SNMP Agent Operational.
The switch will reboot and the original secondary MPX will be the primary once the switch
comes back up.