Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Software Configuration Manual page 530

Performing a Software Upgrade
To perform a manual switchover, perform this task on the active supervisor engine:
Command
Step 1
Switch# show redundancy
Step 2
Switch# redundancy force-switchover
Be aware of these usage guidelines:
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After a normal switchover, you might want to make the supervisor engine in a lower slot number of the
chassis the active supervisor engine. Use the show module command to see which slot contains the
active supervisor engine, and force another switchover if necessary.
Performing a Software Upgrade
This is useful only if IOS -XE software is running in LAN Base mode. For Enterprise Services or IP Base
mode, use ISSU to upgrade software for both RPR and SSO redundant mode.
The software upgrade procedure supported by supervisor engine redundancy allows you to reload the
Cisco IOS software image on the redundant supervisor engine, and once complete, reload the active
supervisor engine once.
To perform a software upgrade, perform this task:
Command
Step 1
Switch# copy source_device:source_filename
slot0:target_filename
Or:
Switch# copy source_device:source_filename
bootflash:target_filename
Step 2
Switch# copy source_device:source_filename
slaveslot0:target_filename
Or:
Switch# copy source_device:source_filename
slavebootflash:target_filename
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Chapter 12 Configuring Supervisor Engine Redundancy Using RPR and SSO on Supervisor Engine 7-E, Supervisor
force a switchover, the redundant supervisor engine must be in a standby hot (SSO) or standby cold
(RPR) state. You can verify the state with the show redundancy command. If the state is not standby
hot or standby cold, the redundancy force-switchover command will not execute.
Use the redundancy force-switchover command, rather than the reload command, to initiate a
switchover. The redundancy force-switchover command will first check that the redundant
supervisor engine is in the correct state. If you issue the reload command and the status is not
standby hot or standby cold, the reload command will reset the current supervisor engine and the
peer supervisor may not be able to take over because it was not in a terminal state (standby hot or
cold).
Purpose
Verifies that the peer state is in the standby hot state.
See the example of the show redundancy states
command on page 6-10.
Launches switchover from the active supervisor engine
to the standby supervisor engine.
Purpose
Copies the new Cisco IOS-XE software image to
bootflash on the supervisor engine.
Copies the new image to a device on the standby
supervisor engine (such as slavebootflash and slaveslot0).