General Steps For Member Switches - Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus x950 Series Installation Manual

Chapter 9: Configuring Member Switches

General Steps for Member Switches

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The procedure for configuring a member switch is divided into two parts.
Here are the general steps to "Configuring a Member Switch - Part I" on
page 158I:
Note
The procedures require resetting a member switch twice. Network
traffic will be lost if it is already connected to an active network.
1. Start a local management session on a member switch.
2. Verify the hardware with the SHOW SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
command in the Privilege Exec mode.
3. Enable the VCStack feature with the STACK ENABLE command in the
Global Configuration mode.
4. Assign the member switch its unique ID number in the range 2 to 4,
with the STACK RENUMBER command in the Global Configuration
mode.
5. If the stack will have three or four switches, add the other member
switches as provisioned switches, with the SWITCH PROVISION
command.
6. Save your changes with the WRITE command in the Privilege Exec
mode.
7. Restart the switch with the REBOOT command.
Here are the general steps to "Configuring a Member Switch - Part II" on
page 161:
1. Start a new local management session.
2. Change the switch's priority number to match its ID number, with the
STACK PRIORITY command in the Global Configuration mode.
3. Specify the types of transceivers to be used in slots 25, 29, 33, and 37
on the master and member switches with the PLATFORM
PORTMODE INTERFACE command.
4. Designate the ports of the stack trunk on the master and member
switches with the STACKPORT command in the port Interface mode.
5. Save your changes with the WRITE command in the Privilege Exec
mode.