Installation Guide

Displaying the module status
After you have attached a PC or terminal to the console port or Ethernet port on the management module and the router has initialized
successfully, press Enter to display the CLI prompt in the terminal emulation window. This example is a prompt for a 16-slot router.
device>
If you do not see this prompt, check the following items.
1. Make sure the cable is securely connected to your PC or terminal and the console port or Ethernet port.
2. Check the settings in your terminal emulation program. In addition to the session settings listed in Attaching a PC or terminal to
the console port or Ethernet port on page 168, make sure the terminal emulation session is running on the same serial port you
attached to the console port.
When you see this prompt (MLXe-16# or MLXe-32#), you are connected to the system and can display module status using
the CLI. Enter the show module command at any CLI level.
MLXe-32# show module
Module Status Ports Starting MAC
M1 (upper): Brocade MLXe Series Mgmt Module Active
M2 (lower):
F0: Brocade MLXe Series Switch Fabric Module Active
S1:
S2:
S3:
S4: Brocade MLXe Series 4-Port 10Gig Module CARD_STATE_UP 4 000c.db80.0000
S5: Brocade MLXe Series 4-Port 10Gig Module CARD_STATE_UP 4 000c.db80.0000
S6: Brocade MLXe Series 4-Port 10Gig Module CARD_STATE_UP 4 000c.db80.0000
S7:
S8:
The Status column shows the module status. The management module status can be one of the following:
∙ ACTIVE - The module is currently the active management module.
∙ STANDBY - The module is currently the standby management module.
∙ COMING UP - The module is coming up as the standby module. This status occurs if the standby management module
becomes the active module during a switchover.
The switch fabric module status can be one of the following:
∙ ACTIVE - The module is up and running.
∙ BAD - The management module cannot initialize the switch fabric module.
An interface module status can be one of the following:
∙ CARD_STATE_INIT - The system detects the module but the module is not up and running yet.
∙ CARD_STATE_BOOT - The module is booting.
∙ CARD_STATE_INTERACTIVE - The module is booting from interactive mode.
∙ CARD_STATE_LP_SYNC - The software images are synchronized between the management module and interface module.
∙ CARD_STATE_SYNC - The system is currently synchronizing the software image between the management module and
interface module.
∙ CARD_STATE_SOFTWARE_LOADED - The module has loaded the software image.
∙ CARD_STATE_POWER_OFF - The module does not have power.
∙ CARD_STATE_UP - The module is operating normally.
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