IDSM-2 Hot-swapable?

Hi Guys,
I need some information!
Is the IDSM2 hot-swappable in a Cisco 6509 Chassis?
Recently I installed the IDSM2 on an Cisco 6509 Chassis (with two Sup720s in SSO mode). But chassis rebooted specifying that the
"%C6K_PLATFORM-2-PEER_RESET: RP is being reset by the SP"
After rebooting the secondary SUP became active.
Can anyone give an explaination for this?
Also Please do let me know whether the IDSM is hot-swappable or not?
Prompt response will be appreciated.
Thanks
Anand

If that the case, maybe it could be other things, even to the extend of bugs.
As you're saying, the blade is properly shutdown and removed from the slot. This make the active SupEngine to go down, and standby takes over.
With fresh idsm2 (not configured), this shouldn't happened. From my experience, I can always remove and put back the module without any issues with SupEngine.
BTW, IDSM2 is confirmed hot-swap, and shouldn't caused any issue to the switch
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps2706/products_data_sheet09186a00801e55dd.html
Rgds,
AK

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Software vs Hardware RAID question

I want to mirror my data files (mainly music)to an external RAID 1 array. I already use Time Machine for my system disk and will probably keep it running off of an old Firewire 400 enclosure. I have seen many dual drive enclosures for Firewire 800 in 2 basic price ranges. For about $100 there are some nice aluminum ones with only RAID 0 and independent channels. For about $150 NewerTech makes a nice one with RAID 1 capability. Is the Hardware-based RAID in the enclosure a significant improvement over Tiger's software version? I've never used a software based RAID and don't know it's limitations. The NewerTech Guardian Maximus from OWC does have a feature to rebuild the bad drive, although it doesn't specify "hot-swapable". As an aside, if a multiformat enclosure includes a SATA port, is that port usable to get a SATA peripheral into my iMac (at reduced throughput) or is it for connecting the enclosure to your computer only. Thanks for any thoughts.

Where is your music stored now and why do you want to store it on a mirror raid setup?
The NewerTech Guardian Maximus from OWC does have a feature to rebuild the bad
drive, although it doesn't specify "hot-swapable".
They are not hot swappable because you have to take the case apart to change out the drive. RAID1 is where 2 drives are formatted to look like a single drive and the second drive mirrors the first drive duplicating the stored data. If one drive should fail then you can replace the bad drive and the RAID will "rebuild" just by mirroring the data from the other drive. This kind of RAID is good for redundancy but not any better for performance(often less). You also loose half of your total disk space of the 2 drives. For example 2 500GB drives in RAID 1 will look like a single 500GB drive which will have ~465GB usable storage space.
As an aside, if a multiformat enclosure includes a SATA port, is that port
usable to get a SATA peripheral into my iMac (at reduced throughput) or is it
for connecting the enclosure to your computer only. Thanks for any thoughts.
An eSata port is slightly different shape than internal SATA but they are exactly the same interface. The iMacs do not have any eSata ports on the back so there would be no way for you to connect the external via eSata. If you got a quad interface external case then you would just use the fastest interface you have being the FW800.
George

IDSM-2 Hot-swapable?

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