Specifications

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Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM45) and MGX 8950 Software Configuration Guide
Release 3, Part Number 78-14788-01 Rev. C0, January 2004
Chapter 5 Preparing RPM-PR Cards for Operation
Initializing RPM-PR Cards
The following example shows the dspcd command display for an RPM-PR card:
8850_NY.7.PXM.a > dspcd 9
8850_NY System Rev: 02.01 Mar. 01, 2001 13:59:41 PST
MGX8850 Node Alarm: NONE
Slot Number: 9 Redundant Slot: NONE
Front Card Upper Card Lower Card
---------- ---------- ----------
Inserted Card: RPM_PR UNKNOWN ---
Reserved Card: UnReserved UnReserved UnReserved
State: Active Active Empty
Serial Number: ---
Prim SW Rev: --- --- ---
Sec SW Rev: --- --- ---
Cur SW Rev: --- --- ---
Boot FW Rev: --- --- ---
800-level Rev: ---
800-level Part#: --- 000-00000-00
CLEI Code: ---
Reset Reason: On Reset From Shell
Card Alarm: NONE
Failed Reason: None
Miscellaneous Information:
Type <CR> to continue, Q<CR> to stop:
8850_NY System Rev: 02.01 Mar. 01, 2001 13:59:41 PST
MGX8850 Node Alarm: CRITICAL
Crossbar Slot Status: No Crossbar
Alarm Causes
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NO ALARMS
Notice that the dspcd command display does not display the software versions for the RPM-PR card. To
display the software version in use on the RPM-PR card, see “Verifying the Software Version in Use,”
which appears later in this chapter.
Also notice that the Reserved Card status of the front card is UnReserved. This status changes to
Reserved when either an MPLS or a PNNI partition is defined on the RPM card.
Initializing RPM-PR Cards
RPM-PR cards are shipped with the latest software installed on the card and will operate as soon as the
card is installed. After you install the card, however, you should initialize the card. Initializing the card
does the following configuration:
• Configures the card to use the runtime RPM-PR software image stored on the PXM45 hard disk.
• Configures the card to store the configuration file on the PXM45 hard disk.
Storing the configuration on the hard disk is essential for the following reasons:
• If an active RPM-PR card fails and the configuration is not stored on the disk, the standby RPM-PR
card cannot become active.
• The switch saveallcnf command cannot store configuration information that is not on the PXM45
hard disk.