Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Switching Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) User Manual

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Multi-Service IronWare Switching Configuration Guide

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Chapter 3

Using a Redundant Management Module

How management module redundancy works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Management module redundancy overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Management module switchover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Switchover implications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Management module redundancy configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Changing the default active chassis slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Managing management module redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

File synchronization between active and standby
management modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
3
Manually switching over to the standby management
module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
6
Rebooting the active and standby management
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
6

Monitoring management module redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Determining management module status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Monitoring the status change of a module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Displaying temperature information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Displaying switchover information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Flash memory and Auxiliary Flash card file
management commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
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Verifying available flash space on the management
module before an image is copied. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Management focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Flash memory file system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Auxiliary flash card file system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Wildcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Formatting a flash card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Determining the current management focus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Switching the management focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Displaying a directory of the files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Displaying the contents of a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Displaying the hexadecimal output of a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Creating a subdirectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Removing a subdirectory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Renaming a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Changing the read-write attribute of a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Deleting a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Recovering (“undeleting”) a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Appending a file to another file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Copying files using the copy command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Copying files using the cp command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Loading the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Saving configuration changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
File management messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Chapter 4

Configuring LLDP

LLDP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

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