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Line Card Switchover 0x0024

SwitchKit Name

LineCardSwitchover

Type

EXS API and SwitchKit API message

Description

Line Card Switchover 0x0024

This message initiates a switchover from an active line card or EXNET card to a standby card in redundant system. The standby cards must be configured using the Standby Line Card Configure message before this message can be used to initiate a switchover.

A switchover can be initiated using this message for the following cards:

• EXNET-ONE

• T-ONE

• E-ONE

• J-ONE

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Host

SwitchKit Code

C Structure

typedef struct {

UBYTE OrigSlot;

UBYTE DestSlot;

} XL_LineCardSwitchover;

C++ Class

class XLC_LineCardSwitchover : public XLC_OutboundMessage {

public:

UBYTE getOrigSlot() const;

void setOrigSlot(UBYTE x);

UBYTE getDestSlot() const;

void setDestSlot(UBYTE x);

};

EXS API Hex Format

MESSAGE | RESPONSE
Byte | Field Description | Byte | Field Description
0 | Frame (0xFE) | 0 | Frame (0xFE)
1, 2 | Length (0x00NN) | 1, 2 | Length (0x0007)
3, 4 | Message Type (0x0024) | 3, 4 | Message Type (0x0024)
5 | Reserved (0x00) | 5 | Reserved (0x00)
6 | Sequence Number | 6 | Same Sequence Number
7 | Logical Node ID | 7 | Logical Node ID
: | AIB Address Method 0x00 - Individual AEs | 8, 9 | Status (MSB, LSB)
Number of AEs to follow 0x02
AEs 0x01 Slot (Starting) 0x01 Slot (Ending)
: | Checksum | 10 | Checksum

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A group of data bits in a specific format, with a flag at each end to indicate the beginning and the end of the frame.
See Address Information Block.
Most Significant Bit
Least Significant Bit