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Chapter 6 Configuring the Cisco IOS In-Service Software Upgrade Process
About ISSU
After a switchover (NSF or SSO, not RPR), the standby supervisor engine takes over as the new active
supervisor engine (see Figure 6-6).
Figure 6-6 Switch Over to Standby Supervisor Engine
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Active
Supervisor
Engine
Cisco IOS
12.x(y)S
Cisco IOS
12.x(y)S
Cisco IOS
12.x(y)S
NSF/SSO
Switchover
NSF/SSO
Switchover
Run new version
of Cisco IOS
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