Explains how the active route processor synchronizes system software, settings, and configurations with the standby RP, and how an operator can view standby status messages through the console port without a CLI prompt.
The active RP automatically synchronizes all system software, settings, and configurations with the standby RP.
If you connect to the standby RP through the console port, you can view the status messages for the standby RP. The standby RP does not display a CLI prompt, so you cannot manage the standby card while it is in standby mode.
If you connect to the standby RP through the management Ethernet port, the prompt that appears is for the active RP, and you can manage the router the same as if you had connected through the management Ethernet port on the active RP.