[c-nsp] Using 'shutdown' versus pulling the cable

Bruce Pinsky bep at whack.org
Mon Jun 15 05:46:06 EDT 2009


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Thomas.Sillaber at nextiraone.de wrote:
> Hi Dale,
> 
> using the "shutdown" command is IMHO always cleaner because of "graceful
> shutdown" feature. If you plan a failover test physically disconnecting
> the link or powering off the device shows the "real" failover time.  
> 

If you want a less "well behaved failure", pull just the tx or rx side of
the fiber...or introduce 10e-4 errors and see what happens.

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bep

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