Connectivity To The Switch Stack Through Console Ports Or Ethernet Management Ports - Cisco 3032 Software Configuration Manual

Chapter 5 Managing Switch Stacks

Connectivity to the Switch Stack Through Console Ports or Ethernet Management Ports

You can connect to the stack master by using one of these methods:
•
•
Be careful when using multiple CLI sessions to the stack master. Commands that you enter in one session
are not displayed in the other sessions. Therefore, it is possible that you might not be able to identify the
session from which you entered a command.
We recommend using only one CLI session when managing the switch stack.
Connectivity to Specific Stack Members
If you want to configure a specific stack member port, you must include the stack member number in the
CLI command interface notation. For more information, see the
section on page
To debug a specific stack member, you can access it from the stack master by using the session
stack-member-number privileged EXEC command. The stack member number is appended to the system
prompt. For example,
system prompt for the stack master is
CLI session to a specific stack member.
Switch Stack Configuration Scenarios
Table 5-2
switches are connected through their StackWise Plus ports.
Table 5-2 Switch Stack Configuration Scenarios
Scenario
Stack master election
specifically determined
by existing stack masters
Stack master election
specifically determined
by the stack member
priority value
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You can connect a terminal or a PC to the stack master through the console port of one or more stack
members.
You can connect a PC to the stack master through the Ethernet management ports of one or more
stack members. For more information about connecting to the switch stack through Ethernet
management ports, see the
11-8.
Switch-2#
provides switch stack configuration scenarios. Most of the scenarios assume that at least two
Connect two powered-on switch stacks
through the StackWise Plus ports.
Connect two switches through their
1.
StackWise Plus ports.
Use the switch stack-member-number
2.
priority new-priority-number global
configuration command to set one stack
member with a higher member priority
value.
Restart both stack members at the same
3.
time.
Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 and 3032 for Dell Software Configuration Guide
"Using the Internal Ethernet Management Port" section on page
is the prompt in privileged EXEC mode for stack member 2, and the
. Only the show and debug commands are available in a
Switch
Result
Only one of the two stack masters becomes the new
stack master. None of the other stack members
become the stack master.
The stack member with the higher priority value is
elected stack master.
Understanding Switch Stacks
"Using Interface Configuration Mode"
11-13.
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