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Online Insertion and Removal
You can add, replace, or remove chassis components while the chassis is operating.
This section contains the following sub-sections:
• RPM Online Insertion and Removal
• Line Card Online Insertion and Removal
RPM Online Insertion and Removal
Dell Force10 systems are functional with only one RPM. If a second RPM is inserted, it comes online as
the standby RPM, as shown in the following example.
On the C-Series, when a secondary RPM with a logical SFM is inserted or removed, the system must add
or remove the backplane links to the switch fabric trunk. Any time such links are changed, traffic is
disrupted. Use the command
redundancy sfm standby to avoid any traffic disruption when the secondary
RPM is inserted. When this command is executed, the logical SFM on the standby RPM is immediately
taken offline, and the SFM state set as standby. Use the command
show sfm all to see SFM status
information.
FTOS#show rpm all
-- Route Processor Modules --
Slot Status NxtBoot Version
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
0 active online 7-5-1-71
1 not present
%RPM0-P:CP %POLLMGR-2-ALT_RPM_STATE: Alternate RPM is present
%RPM0-P:CP %IRC-6-IRC_COMMUP: Link to peer RPM is up
%RPM1-S:CP %RAM-5-RPM_STATE: RPM1 is in Standby State
FTOS#show rpm all
-- Route Processor Modules --
Slot Status NxtBoot Version
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
0 active online 7-5-1-71
1 standby online 7-5-1-71