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Catalyst 4500 Series Switch, Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide - Cisco IOS XE 3.9.xE and IOS 15.2(5)Ex
 
Chapter 12      Configuring Supervisor Engine Redundancy Using RPR and SSO on Supervisor Engine 7-E, Supervisor
Performing a Software Upgrade
To perform a manual switchover, perform this task on the active supervisor engine:
Be aware of these usage guidelines:
• 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).
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 Purpose
Step 1
Switch# show redundancy
Verifies that the peer state is in the standby hot state.
See the example of the show redundancy states 
command on page 6-10.
Step 2
Switch# redundancy force-switchover
Launches switchover from the active supervisor engine 
to the standby supervisor engine.
Command Purpose
Step 1
Switch# copy source_device:source_filename 
slot0:target_filename
Or:
Switch# copy source_device:source_filename 
bootflash:target_filename 
Copies the new Cisco IOS-XE software image to 
bootflash on the supervisor engine.
Step 2
Switch# copy source_device:source_filename 
slaveslot0:target_filename
Or:
Switch# copy source_device:source_filename 
slavebootflash:target_filename 
Copies the new image to a device on the standby 
supervisor engine (such as slavebootflash and slaveslot0).