Stacking Configuration Tasks; Assigning Unit Numbers To Units In An Stack; Creating A Virtual Stack Unit On A Stack; Displaying Information About A Stack - Dell S4048–ON Configuration Manual

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If one of the new stacks receives only the standby unit, it becomes the master unit of the new stack, and Dell Networking OS elects a

new standby unit.

If one of the new stacks receives neither the master nor the standby management unit, the stack is reset so that a new election can

Stacking Configuration Tasks

Following are the stacking configuration tasks:

Assigning Unit Numbers to Units in a Stack

Creating a Virtual Stack Unit in a Stack

Influencing Management Unit Selection on a Stack

Managing Redundancy on a Stack

Resetting a Unit on a Stack

Recover from Stack Link Flaps

Each unit in the stack has a stack number that is either assigned by you or Dell Networking OS.

Units are numbered from 1 to 6. Stack numbers are stored in NVRAM and are preserved upon reload.

Assign a stack-number to a unit.

EXEC Privilege mode

stack-unit old-unit-number renumber new-unit-number

Renumbering the stack manager triggers the whole stack to reload, as shown in the message below. When the stack comes back online,

the master unit remains the management unit.

Dell#stack-unit 2 renumber 1

Renumbering master unit will reload the stack.

WARNING: Interface configuration for current unit will be lost!

Proceed to renumber [confirm yes/no]: yes

Use virtual stack units to configure ports on the stack before adding a new unit.

Create a virtual stack unit.

CONFIGURATION mode

stack-unit stack-unit-number provision S4048–ON

Displaying Information about a Stack

To display information about the stack, use the following command.

Display for stack-identity, status, and hardware information on every unit in a stack.

EXEC Privilege mode

Display most of the information in show system, but in a more convenient tabular form.