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Chapter 6: Configuring Switches for Stacking
Configuring the Master Switch
General Steps for
the Master
Switch
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This section contains the following procedures for configuring the master
switch of the stack:
"General Steps for the Master Switch," next
"Configuring the Master Switch" on page 161
"Verifying the Master Switch" on page 164
"What to Do Next" on page 165
Note
The procedures require reseting the switch. Some network traffic will
be lost if the unit is already connected to an active network.
You need to know the following to perform these procedures:
How many member switches will be in the stack?
Which ports will be the stack trunk on the master and member
switches? Managing and troubleshooting the stack will be easier if
the switches use the same ports for the stack trunk. Refer to "Stack
Trunk" on page 52 and "Stacking Worksheet" on page 72.
The procedures should be performed in the order presented here.
Here are the general steps to configuring the master switch for stacking:
1. Start a local management session on the switch. Refer to "Starting a
Local Management Session" on page 157.
2. View the hardware status and management software version number
with the SHOW SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT and SHOW VERSION
commands in the Privilege Exec mode.
3. Enable the VCStack feature with the STACK ENABLE command in the
Global Configuration mode.
4. Assign the master switch the priority 1 with the STACK PRIORITY
command in the Global Configuration mode. This is to ensure its
selection as the master switch during the first power-on of the stack.
5. Designate the ports of the stack trunk on the master switch with the
STACKPORT command in the port Interface mode.
6. Add the member switches as provisioned units to the master switch,
with the SWITCH PROVISION command. This step is to ensure that
the master switch already knows about the member switches during
the first power-on of the stack.
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