How A Master Is Selected - Dell Networking N4032 Configuration Manual

console#show run
!Current Configuration:
!System Description "N4064F, 6.0.1.3, Linux 2.6.32.9"
!System Software Version 6.0.1.3
!Cut-through mode is configured as disabled
!
configure
slot 1/0 5
slot 1/1 8
stack
member 1 4
exit
interface out-of-band
ip address 172.25.194.24 255.255.0.0 172.25.194.254
exit
interface vlan 1
exit
username "admin" password dec68e453164a2 privilege 15 encrypted
line telnet
enable authentication enableList
exit
snmp-server engineid local 800002a203001ec9ddad5b
exit
Notice there is only
then there would be multiple member lines in the configuration, such as:
stack
member 1 1
member 2 2
member 3 3
Note: A single stack member configuration is always present on stack-capable switches even if they are
not part of an actual stack. The single switch is considered a
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How a Master is selected

A Master is elected or re-elected based on the following considerations, in order:
1. The switch is currently the Master.
2. The switch has the higher MAC address.
3. A unit is selected as standby by the administrator, and a fail over action is manually initiated or
occurs due to a Master unit failure.
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! N4064F
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! N4064F
one member line in the configuration. If there were multiple members in the stack
! N4064F
! N4064F
! N4032F
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stack of one
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