Administrator Guide

Supported Stacking Topologies
The device supports stacking in a ring or a daisy chain topology.
Dell EMC Networking recommends the ring topology when stacking the switches to provide redundant connectivity.
Figure 113. Supported Stacking Topologies
High Availability on Stacks
Stacks have master and standby management units analogous to Dell EMC Networking route processor modules (RPM).
The master unit synchronizes the running configuration and protocol states so that the system fails over in the event of a
hardware or software fault on the master unit. In such an event, or when the master unit is removed, the standby unit becomes
the stack manager and Dell EMC Networking OS elects a new standby unit. Dell EMC Networking OS resets the failed master
unit: after online, it becomes a member unit; the remaining members remain online.
Example of Stack Manager Redundancy
DellEMC#show redundancy
-- Stack-unit Status --
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Mgmt ID: 1
842
Stacking