Remove A Member Switch And Make Its Member Id Available For Reassignment To A Different Switch; Removing A Cage Nut From A Rack - Dell PowerConnect J-EX4200 Hardware Manual

Dell PowerConnect J-Series J-EX4200 Ethernet Switch Hardware Guide
Remove a Member Switch and Make Its Member ID Available for Reassignment to a Different
Switch
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Removing a Cage Nut from a Rack

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When you remove a member switch from the Virtual Chassis configuration, the master
keeps its member ID on reserve. To make that member switch's member ID available for
reassignment, issue the
request virtual-chassis recycle
master.
NOTE: When you add or delete members in a Virtual Chassis configuration,
internal routing changes might cause temporary traffic loss for a few seconds.
For information about monitoring a Virtual Chassis configuration, see the Dell
PowerConnect J-Series Ethernet Switch Complete Software Guide for Junos OS at
http://www.support.dell.com/manuals
Adding a New Switch to an Existing Virtual Chassis Configuration (CLI Procedure) on
page 79
Ensure that you have the following parts and tools available:
A flat-blade (-) screwdriver for square-hole cage nuts
To remove a round-hole cage nut from a rack, see Figure 62 on page 150.
Figure 62: Removing a Round-Hole Cage Nut (Clip Nut)
To remove a square-hole cage nut from a rack, see Figure 63 on page 150.
Figure 63: Removing a Square-Hole Cage Nut
command from the Virtual Chassis
.