[c-nsp] 2960G + RPS-2300 - how to get back on internal PS

Seth Mattinen sethm at rollernet.us
Mon Jul 20 18:04:51 EDT 2009


Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> first of all, I'm well aware of the limitations of 2960 series with
> external RPS, they are only used here to have the very small advantage
> to choose when the outage will be.
> 
> 2* 2960G with RPS-2300 and dual powersupply. 2960 is on external power
> feed. Is there any way to get back on the internal AC from remote? I
> know it is going to reboot and I can live with that, but so far only
> disconnecting the RPS from the switch or disabling the RPS port with the
> buttons in front worked. Both of course require on-site staff. A reload
> from the CLI did not work.
> 
> Have I missed any obvious way or is this just not possible?
> 

There is no way to do it from the CLI that I'm aware of. I'd suggest a
remote control power strip to cycle the inputs if you must have remote
manipulation.

As an aside, I accidentally discovered that the 2800 series with an
AC-IP power supply will revert to internal power without rebooting.

~Seth


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