y for control traffic Chapter 17: Cisco 6500 Multilayer Switches *Sep 23 15:25:01.363: %OIR-SW1 SPSTBY-6-CONSOLE: Changing console ownership to route processor To see if your virtual link is up, use the show switch virtual link command. This output shows an active virtual link: 6509-VE-Right#sho switch virtual link VSL Status : UP VSL Uptime : 4 minutes VSL SCP Ping : Pass VSL ICC Ping : Pass VSL Control Link : Te2/5/5 You can also use the show switch virtual link detail command to get more specific information. It spits out a lot of data, SO I'm not going to include the output here. To see the status of the virtual switch cluster, use the show switch virtual role com- mand. In this example, I've run the command from the switch on the right: 6509-VE-Right#sho switch virtual role Switch Switch Status Preempt Priority Role Session ID Number Oper(Conf) Oper (Conf) Local Remote LOCAL FALSE(N ) 100(100) ACTIVE REMOTE FALSE (N ) 100 (100) STANDBY Once the VSS system comes online and the switches become a single logical switch, you'll be able to configure the system only from the active supervisor: 6509-VE-Right-sdby> Standby console disabled At this point, it makes sense to just name the logical system instead of confusing our- selves with a name that no longer makes any sense (they're both 6509-VE-Right at this point). Here, I've moved the console cable back to the switch on the left and, as you can see, the hostname makes it look like it's the switch on the right. Once you're in VSS mode, the configuration applies to the logical cluster, not the physical switch: 6509-VE-Right(config)#hostname VSS VSS(config)#exit Other Recommended VSS Commands Per the Cisco documentation, the mac-address-table synchronize command should be included for the VSS cluster. You can find more information in the Cisco document located at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SX/con figuration/guide/vss.html#wp1131059 vSS(config)#mac-address-table synchronize % Current OOB activity time is [160] seconds % Recommen