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- Page 1 AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) Edition 1 Document No. NTS-23-R-002 ALAXALA Networks Corporation...
- Page 2 AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Preface The purpose of this document is to help deepen your understanding of how to use the ALAXALA AX series stack functionality from operation and maintenance perspective. Please use this document as a technical supplement to product manuals when operating or maintaining a switch using the stack functionality.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Contents 1. OPERATION OF STACKS ..................4 ....................... 4 TACK OPERATION COMMANDS ......................... 5 PERATION COMMANDS ....................5 OTES ON STACK CONFIGURATION ..............6 HECKING SWITCH STATUSES AND SWITCH NUMBERS .................... -
Page 4: Operation Of Stacks
AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Operation of Stacks Stack operation commands The following table shows the stack operation commands. These operation commands are necessary to operate stacks. Command Description Displays information on a stack member switch or show switch [detail] the status summary of such a switch. -
Page 5: Operation Commands
AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Operation commands The table below shows the major operation commands used in a stack. Type Command Target Remarks Show show version show system All member Possible to specify a switches show interfaces physical port as an option. -
Page 6: Checking Switch Statuses And Switch Numbers
As shown below, there are two ways for checking switch statuses and switch numbers. Check on display panels You can check the switch status by LED on the front panel. Note that the AX2600S Series switches do not have a switch number on their display panels. - Page 7 AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Use the stack operation command show switch to check the switch number. 1． Use the stack operation command to check the switch number. # show switch Date 2023/08/23 10:50:12 JST...
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Page 8: Software Update Procedures
AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Software update procedures To update software in a stack configuration, you need to transfer an update file to each member switch and update the software on it. The recommended procedure for software update is as follows. - Page 9 AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) (2) Update the backup switch. Execute the update command by specifying the switch number of the backup switch from the master switch. The backup switch will be updated after the update file specified is automatically copied to the ”/usr/var/update”...
- Page 10 AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) (3) Update the master switch. Use the commands shown below. 1． Update the master switch. After the update confirmation message appears, enter y and then press the Enter key. # ppupdate /usr/var/update/k.img...
- Page 11 AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) If you do not want to change the location of the master switch even after completing an update, update the master switch first. In this case, switchover between the master and the backup will occur twice. The procedure is shown below.
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Page 12: Restoring A Backed-Up Configuration Online
AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Restoring a backed-up configuration online This section describes how to restore a backed-up configuration online. Since this procedure requires the restart of all member switches, a temporary communication interruption occurs. The backed-up configuration must meet the following prerequisites. - Page 13 AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Copy the backed-up config to the startup config. Copy the backed-up config to the startup config file. Apply this operation only to the master switch. 1． Copy the backup config file to the startup config file.
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Page 14: Stack Maintenance
AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Stack Maintenance This chapter describes maintenance work, such as a hardware replacement, which is necessary if a member switch fails or if another problem occurs in a stack configuration. Backup and restore overview The AX series has a backup and restore functionality. -
Page 15: Backup And Restore Using Mc
AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Backup and Restore Using MC 2.3.1 Procedure using operation commands This section describes how to back up and restore switch information using operation commands on an operation management terminal. During operation... - Page 16 AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) (3) Save a backup file to the backup switch’s MC. Use the operation command backup to save a backup file to the backup switch’s MC. 1． Log into the master switch and use backup switch to save a backup file to the backup switch’s MC.
- Page 17 AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) (3) Stop the spare switch, establish stack links, and restart the switch. After the restart completes, stop the spare switch by powering it off. The purpose of this stop is to prevent switchover between the master switch and the backup switch.
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Page 18: 2.3.2 Using Command-Free Maintenance Functionality
AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) 2.3.2 Using command-free maintenance functionality The command-free maintenance functionality allows you to perform maintenance simply by inserting an MC containing a maintenance script file into the switch without using an operation terminal. - Page 19 AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) recommended that you attach a tab to each MC so that you can find a backup image file of the target switch more easily. Restore procedure (1) Save a restore script into MC.
- Page 20 AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) (2) Using a backup / restore script The script ax_bkrs performs backup and restore. When there is no backup image file, the script performs backup operation. On the other hand, when there is a backup image file, the script performs restore operation.
- Page 21 AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Restore procedure (1) Confirm that a backup image file is saved in MC Confirm that the backup image file ax_backup.dat is saved in the / directory of the MC you used for backup procedure.
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Page 22: Configuration Settings For Replacement
AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Configuration Settings for Replacement If no switch information is backed up with the backup functionality beforehand, you need to manually match the software version and license information of the spare switch with those of the other member switch and configure stack-related settings. - Page 23 AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) (4) Configure the settings needed for a stack. Specify stack ports and set the master selection priority to prevent master/backup role switchover. 1． Specify the Ethernet stack ports of the spare switch.
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Page 24: Collecting Information On Faults
AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Collecting information on faults This section describes how to collect information on faults in a stack configuration. Collecting dump information on faults (1) Check whether there are dump files. - Page 25 AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Collecting show tech-support information Execute the show tech-support command for each member swtch. Collect show tech-support information of the master and backup switches by using the remote command specified with all (collected by batch processing).
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Page 26: Reverting To Standalone Mode
AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Reverting to Standalone Mode This section describes how to revert a stack member switch to standalone mode. Follow the procedure below if you want to convert a stack member switch into a standalone switch. -
Page 27: Remote Command
AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Remote Command What’s remote command? The remote command is unique to a stack. In a stack, the remote command is used to execute operations from the master switch to the specified member switch. -
Page 28: Commands Supporting The Remote Command
AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) Commands supporting the remote command Below is a list of commands that can be used with the remote command (remote command). Command type Command name show system show command show version... - Page 29 AX2600S Series Stack Operation Guide (Operation & Maintenance) (Edition 1) dump protocols spanning-tree dump protocols gsrp dump protocols efmoam dump protocols loop-detection hexdump File operation command mkdir rmdir delete undelete squeeze diff grep tail Copyright © 2023, ALAXALA Networks Corporation. All rights reserved...
- Page 30 First edition issued, September 2023 Document No. NTS-23-R-002 Network Technical Support ALAXALA Networks Corporation Shin-Kawasaki Twin Tower (West Tower), 1-1-2 Kashimada, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 212-0058, JAPAN https://www.alaxala.com/en/...