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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation and Reference Guide
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Chapter 7 Managing the Switch Hardware
Information About Modules
Information About Modules
The following sections explain how you can manage operations for the switch modules:
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Supervisor Modules
The Cisco Nexus 7010 switch has one or two supervisor modules (N7K-SUP-1). When it has two
supervisors, one supervisor is automatically active while the other is in standby mode. If the active
supervisor goes down or is disconnected for replacement, the standby supervisor automatically becomes
active. To understand the terms used for the supervisors, see
Supervisor modules are automatically powered up and started with the switch.
Table 7-6
Full Redundancy Mode Scenarios
Scenario
Power
Supply 1
(kW)
Power
Supply 2
(kW)
Power
Supply 3
(kW)
System
Usage
(kW)
Input Source Mode
Power Supply Mode
Result
Available
Power
(kW)
Reserve
Power
(kW)
Available
Power
(kW)
Reserve
Power
(kW)
1
6.0
6.0
—
8.784
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
Available power does not meet
the switch usage requirement.
2
6.0
6.0
3.0
8.784
6.0
9.0
9.0
6.0
Available power for the power
supply mode is sufficient but
the available power for the
input source mode is
insufficient, so the available
power does not meet the
switch usage requirement.
3
6.0
6.0
6.0
8.784
9.0
9.0
12.0
6.0
Available power for both
modes meets the switch usage
requirement, so you can power
up the entire switch.