Adding a redundant CP to Nortel 8610 1

[fnaik]

Hello All,

Can any one guide me to adding a redundant CP to Nortel 8610 Core Switch.

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Faisal Naik

 

[WillyHe]

Ensure boot and runtime images are the same.
Copy boot/runtime img's on PCMCIA card and us this to transfert the files on the new card then to flash the new bootimg reboot the card with "boot [bootimage]".

Copy boot.cfg and config.cfg to the second SF modules flash memory.
Reboot the new module now it should be in stanby mode with the correct configs.

b.r.
Willy

 

[fnaik]

thanx for the input. I have configured the slot 6 as the master cpu. Do i have to define the l2 redundency as well ?

Regards,

Faisal Naik

 

[cpnd]

faisal pls do any more job let itleave this job

 

[anthonyanderberg]

I like the new savetostandby bootconfig flag, which will cause config changes to be sync'ed between the primary and secondary CPU modules. Its also worth double-checking that your timezone and other clock settings are the same on both CPU modules.

I haven't ever used it, but I think the ha-cpu bootconfig flag is what enables full l2 redundancy. I seem to remember that there are specific things you need to be aware of when running in ha-cpu mode so be sure to read all of the release notes and other documentation for your software release.

As I understand it ha-cpu provides l2 redundancy in the 3.5 code branch, and l2/l3 redundancy in the 3.7 code branch.