Router Hardware Management Guide for Cisco 8000 Series Routers, Cisco IOS XR Releases

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Router Hardware Management Guide for Cisco 8000 Series Routers, Cisco IOS XR Releases

Summary of redundancy commands

Updated: July 1, 2026

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Lists the Cisco IOS XR commands that display the redundancy status of route processor cards and the command used to force a manual switchover.

RP redundancy is enabled by default in the Cisco IOS XR software but you can use the commands described in this table to display the redundancy status of the cards or force a manual switchover.

Table 1. RP redundancy commands
Command	Description
showredundancy	Displays the redundancy status of the RP. This command also displays the boot and switch-over history for the RP.
redundancyswitchover	Forces a manual switchover to the standby RP. This command works only if the standby RP is installed and in the "ready" state.
show platform	Displays the status for node, including the redundancy status of the RP cards. In EXEC mode, this command displays status for the nodes assigned to the SDR. In administration EXEC mode, this command displays status for all nodes in the system.

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