Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Administration Guide

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Chapter 5 Configuring Virtual Switching Systems
Configuring a VSS
slot 4 slot-type 225 port-type 61 number 48 virtual-slot 36
slot 5 slot-type 82 port-type 31 number 2 virtual-slot 37
These commands are not available to the user and that various numbers used in these commands are
internal to the system and used to identify a module. These commands are written to the startup-config
when a switch detects a given module while it is running in VSS mode. When reconverted to standalone
mode, these commands are removed from the startup-config.
Displaying VSS Information
To display basic information about the VSS, perform one of these tasks:
The following example shows the information output from these commands:
Switch# show switch virtual
Executing the command on VSS member switch role = VSS Active, id = 1
Switch mode : Virtual Switch
Virtual switch domain number : 100
Local switch number : 1
Local switch operational role: Virtual Switch Active
Peer switch number : 2
Peer switch operational role : Virtual Switch Standby
Executing the command on VSS member switch role = VSS Standby, id = 2
Switch mode : Virtual Switch
Virtual switch domain number : 100
Local switch number : 2
Local switch operational role: Virtual Switch Standby
Peer switch number : 1
Peer switch operational role : Virtual Switch Active
Switch# show switch virtual role
Executing the command on VSS member switch role = VSS Active, id = 1
RRP information for Instance 1
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Valid Flags Peer Preferred Reserved
Count Peer Peer
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TRUE V 1 1 1
Switch Switch Status Preempt Priority Role Local Remote
Number Oper(Conf) Oper(Conf) SID SID
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Command Purpose
Switch# show switch virtual
Displays the virtual switch domain number, and the
switch number and role for each of the switches.
Switch# show switch virtual role
Displays the role, switch number, and priority for
each of the switch in the VSS.
Switch# show switch virtual link
Displays the status of the VSL.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Specifications

General

Series	Catalyst 4500 Series
Category	Switch
Layer Support	Layer 2, Layer 3
Form Factor	Modular chassis
Stackable	No
Chassis Slots	3, 6, 7, 10
Power Supply Options	AC, DC
Redundancy	Power supply, Supervisor engine
Network Management	Cisco IOS Software CLI, SNMP, Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Features	Security, QoS
Port Density	Up to 384 ports per chassis
Security Features	802.1X, ACLs, DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection, IP Source Guard
Supervisor Engine	8-E