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Hitless management on the FSX 800 and FSX 1600
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Hitless management configuration notes and
feature limitations
The following limitations apply to hitless management support.
• All traffic going through Ethernet interfaces (if present) on the management modules will be
interrupted during a hitless OS upgrade. This is because both management modules must be
reloaded with the new image. This applies to hitless OS upgrade only. It does not apply to
hitless switchover or failover, which does not interrupt traffic going through Ethernet interfaces
on the standby management module (the module that takes over the active role).
• Static and dynamic multi-slot trunks will flap during a hitless switchover if any of the trunk port
members reside on the management module.
• Layer 3 multicast traffic is not supported by Hitless management.
Hitless reload or switchover requirements and limitations
The section describes the design limitation on devices with the following configuration:
• 0-port management modules
• One or more third generation line cards
For hitless reload or switch-over-active-role to succeed, the following requirements and limitations
must be met:
• The standby management module must be up and in an "OK {Enabled}" state.
• A configuration requiring a reload must not be pending.
• A hitless-reload must not have already been issued on the previous active management
module.
• POE firmware must not be in progress.
• The SXR running configuration must not be classified as too large (greater than 512KB).
• A TFTP session must not be in progress.
• An image sync session must not be in progress.
• The current active management card cannot have a memory utilization of greater than 90% of
available memory.
• A line card hotswap must not be in progress.
If any of these conditions are not met, an appropriate error message is printed to the console and
hitless-reload or switch-over will not succeed.
What happens during a Hitless switchover or failover
This section describes the internal events that enable a controlled or forced switchover (failover) to
take place in a hitless manner, as well as the events that occur during the switchover.