Cisco 4500M Command Reference

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Catalyst4500 Series SwitchCiscoIOS Command Reference—Release 12.2(18)EW
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Chapter2Cisco IOS Commands for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
redundancy force-switchover
redundancy force-switchover
To force a switchover from the active to the standby supervisor engine, use the redundancy
force-switchover command.
redundancy force-switchover
Syntax Description This command has no arguments or keywords.
Defaults This command has no default settings.
Command Modes EXEC
Command History
Usage Guidelines Before using this command, refer to the “Performing a Software Upgrade” section of the Catalyst4500
Series Switch CiscoIOS Software Configuration Guide for additional information.
The redundancy force-switchover command conducts a manual switchover to the redundant supervisor
engine. The redundant supervisor engine becomes the new active supervisor engine running the
CiscoIOS image. The modules are reset.
The old active supervisor engine reboots with the new image and becomes the standby supervisor
engine.
Examples This example shows how to switch over manually from the active to the standby supervisor engine:
Switch# redundancy force-switchover
Switch#
Related Commands redundancy
show redundancy
Release Modification
12.1(12c)EW Support for this command was introduced on the Catalyst 4500 series switch
(Catalyst 4507R only.)

Cisco 4500M Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	4500M
Category	Network Router
Language	English