Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Switch/Router 사용자 설명서

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The 

 command tells the primary 

MPX

 to give up control and become the secondary 

MPX

. It does this by issuing a request to the secondary 

MPX

 to take control. You must be 

logged into the primary 

MPX

 to use this command. If you are logged into the secondary 

MPX

, 

use the 

♦ Warning ♦

The 

 command should only be used during 

network down times since it could cause network inter-
ruptions.

To transfer control from primary 

MPX

 to the secondary 

MPX

, enter

at the system prompt. The following prompt will display.

Press 

 to transfer control to the secondary 

MPX

 or press 

 to cancel the command (the 

default is 

). If you enter 

, the switch will reset after displaying the following message.

The switch will reboot and the original secondary 

MPX

 will be the primary once the switch 

comes back up.

The 

 command sets the load suffix for the switch’s executable image files. (The factory 

default suffix is 

.) 

♦ Warning ♦

The 

 command should only be used when it is 

necessary to have two versions of the software on the 
switch at the same time and the user is directly 
connected to the console for reboot.

You can change it by typing the 

 command followed by the new suffix. For example, to 

change the load suffix from 

 to 

, enter

at the system prompt. The following message will then be displayed.

You should create or load new image files with the new suffix as soon as possible because 
the switch will not recognize the files with the old suffix as image files. See Chapter 5, 
“Installing Switch Software,” and Chapter 7, “Managing Files,” for information on loading and 
creating files.