Identifying Physical Unit Numbers And Ports Within A Stack - Dell PowerConnect M8024-k User Manual

Stacking PowerConnect 10G Switches: M8024-k, 8024, 8024F
2. Look for all interfaces shown to be in Stack mode. Note the Interfaces used for stacking for
each Stack Unit. This information will be needed in the last step below when re-routing the
stack cables.
Note: If the member unit is being removed due to malfunctioning, dead switch, or is not responding to
commands, information from the remaining switches can be used to find the stack interfaces.

Identifying Physical Unit Numbers and Ports within a Stack

The Dell PowerConnect 8024/8024F, and M8024-k hardware did not originally include the stacking
feature that was introduced in firmware 4.2 and therefore do not have all of the hardware features
commonly found on stacking devices such as dedicated stacking ports, locate LEDs, or LCDs displaying
stack unit numbers. Alternative methods to obtain this information are described below.
Note: An M8024-k modular blade switch does have a blue LED identifier for its Master only.
An easy way to find the Unit number and identify order of the stacked units is to use logging.
1. Enable Global Logging from the System > Logs > Global Settings screen.
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