Recommended Procedures For New And Existing Stacks; Installing A New Stackable System Of Up To Eight Switches - Enterasys SecureStack C3K122-24 Hardware Installation Manual

Configuring Switches in a Stack

Recommended Procedures for New and Existing Stacks

The following procedures assume that all switches have a clean configuration from manufacturing.
When adding a new switch to an already running stack, it is also assumed that the new switch is
using the same firmware image version as other switches in the stack.

Installing a New Stackable System of Up to Eight Switches

Use the following procedure to install a new stack of up to eight switches out of the box. Before
applying power, make all physical connections with the stack cables as described in "Connecting
High‐Speed Stacking Cables" on page 2‐13.
1. Once all of the stack cables have been connected, individually power on each switch from top
to bottom (connecting power to a switch is described in "Connect AC and RPS Power" on
page 2‐17).
If the switches are powered on almost simultaneously, the system will automatically select the
first one that powers up as the Manager switch and the others as Member switches. The
switches are assigned unit IDs in the order that they become fully operational.
You can control the unit ID assignment according to the physical position in a stack. When
you power up each switch and allow it to become fully operational before applying power to
the next switch, the first one becomes the Manager and all the next switches will join that stack
(regardless of Priority, Firmware Revision, or MAC Address). The switches are assigned unit
IDs in the order that you power on each switch.
2. (Optional) If desired, change the management switch using the set switch movemanagement
command as described in the SecureStack C3 Configuration Guide.
3. Once the desired Manager switch has been selected, reset the system using the reset command
as described in the SecureStack C3 Configuration Guide.
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Note: Once switch IDs are assigned, they are persistent and will be retained during a
power cycle to any or all of the switches.
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