Configuration Commands
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Card Commands
card
Syntax card slot-number 
no card slot-number 
Context config
Description This mandatory command enables access to the chassis card Input/Output Control Forwarding 
Module (IOM), slot, MCM and MDA CLI context.
The no form of this command removes the card from the configuration. All associated ports, services, 
and MDAs must be shutdown.
Default No cards are configured. 
Parameters slot-number — The slot number of the card in the chassis. 
Values 1 — 10 depending on chassis model.
SR-1: slot-number = 1
SR-7: slot-number = 1 — 5
SR-12: slot-number = 1 — 10
capability
Syntax capability {sr | ess} [now]
Context config>card
Description This command sets the desired capability for the associated slot and card.
By default, the capability will be set to that of the base chassis type. To set this to a non-default value, 
the mixed-mode command must be enabled at the system level.
Changing the capability of a slot or card will result in the associated slot being reset. The card-type 
must first be configured before the capability command can be issued.  
Default capability ess on a 7450 chassis
Parameters now — This optional keyword can be added to the interactive command to force the command to be 
executed immediately without further question.  If this keyword is not present, then the user will 
be presented with a question to ensure they understand that as a result of this command, the 
associated slots will be reset immediately to enable mixed-mode.