Administrator Guide

Renumbering the stack manager triggers the whole stack to reload, as shown in the message below. When the stack comes
back online, the master unit remains the management unit.
Dell#stack-unit 2 renumber 1
Renumbering master unit will reload the stack.
WARNING: Interface configuration for current unit will be lost!
Proceed to renumber [confirm yes/no]: yes
Creating a Virtual Stack Unit on a Stack
Use virtual stack units to configure ports on the stack before adding a new unit.
● Create a virtual stack unit.
CONFIGURATION mode
stack-unit stack-unit-number provision S3048–ONS4048–ON
Displaying Information about a Stack
To display information about the stack, use the following command.
● Display for stack-identity, status, and hardware information on every unit in a stack.
EXEC Privilege mode
show system
● Display most of the information in show system, but in a more convenient tabular form.
EXEC Privilege mode
show system brief
● Display the same information in show system, but only for the specified unit.
EXEC Privilege mode
show system stack-unit
● Display topology and stack link status for the entire stack.
EXEC Privilege mode
show system stack-ports [status | topology]
Display information about a switch stack using the show system command.
The following is an example of the show system command to view the stack details.
DellEMC#show system
Stack MAC : 00:12:13:34:12:40
Reload-Type : normal-reload [Next boot : normal-reload]
-- Unit 3 --
Unit Type : Management Unit
Status : online
Next Boot : online
Required Type : S3048-ON - 52-port GE/TE (SG-ON)
Current Type : S3048-ON - 52-port GE/TE (SG-ON)
Master priority : 0
Hardware Rev : 0.0
Num Ports : 52
Up Time : 18 min, 28 sec
Dell Networking OS Version : 9.8(0.0P2)
Jumbo Capable : yes
POE Capable : no
FIPS Mode : disabled
Burned In MAC : 00:12:13:34:12:40
No Of MACs : 3
-- Power Supplies --
Unit Bay Status Type FanStatus FanSpeed(rpm)
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828
Stacking