Adding A Unit To An Operating Stack; Replacing A Stack Member With A New Unit - NETGEAR 7000 Series Administration Manual

Adding a Unit to an Operating Stack

1. Make sure the redundant stack connection is in place and functional. All stack members
should be connected in a logical ring.
2. Preconfigure the new unit, if desired.
3. Install new unit in the rack. (Assumes installation below the bottom-most unit, or above the
top-most unit).
4. Disconnect the redundant stack cable that connects the last unit in the stack back up to the first
unit in the stack at the position in the ring where the new unit is to be inserted.
5. Connect this cable to the new unit, following the established order of "stack up" to "stack
down" connections
6. Power up the new unit. Verify, by monitoring the master unit console port, that the new unit
successfully joins the stack by issuing the show switch command. The new unit should always
join as a "member" (never as master; the existing master of the stack should not change).
7. If the code version of the newly added member is not the same as the existing stack, update the
code as described in section

Replacing a Stack Member with a New Unit

There are two possible situations here. First, if you replace a stack member of a certain model
number with another unit of the same model, follow the process below:
• Follow the process in section
member.
• Follow the process in section
the stack with the following exceptions:
– Insert the new member in the same position in the stack as the one removed.
– Preconfiguration described in step
procedure is not required.
Second, if you replace a stack member with another unit of a different model number, use the
following process:
• Follow the process in section
member.
• Remove the now-absent stack member from the configuration by issuing the command no
member command.
Managing Switch Stacks
NETGEAR 7000 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide Version 7.2
"Upgrading Firmware".
"Removing a Unit from the Stack"
"Adding a Unit to an Operating Stack"
"Preconfigure the new unit, if desired."
"Removing a Unit from the Stack"
v1.0, May 2008
to remove the desired stack
to add a new member to
of that
to remove the desired stack
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