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• stack-unit 1: defines the default ID unit-number in the initial configuration of a switch.
• stack-group group-number: configures a port for stacking.
6. Save the stacking configuration on the ports.
EXEC Privilege mode
write memory
7. Reload the switch.
EXEC Privilege mode
reload
Dell Networking OS automatically assigns a number to the new unit and adds it as member switch in the stack. The new unit
synchronizes its running and startup configurations with the stack.
8. If a standalone switch already has stack groups configured.
Attach cables to connect the ports already configured as stack groups on the switch to one or more switches in the stack.
Dell Networking OS automatically assigns a number to the new unit and adds it as member switch in the stack. The new unit
synchronizes its running and startup configurations with the stack.
Dell Networking OS Behavior: When you add a switch to a stack
• If you configure the new unit with a stack number that is already assigned to a stack member, the stack avoids a numbering conflict by
assigning the new switch the first available stack number.
• If the stack has been provisioned for the stack number that is assigned to the new unit, the pre-configured provisioning must match
the switch type. If there is a conflict between the provisioned switch type and the new unit, a mismatch error message is displayed.
Merge Two Stacks
You may merge two stacks while they are powered and online.
To merge two stacks, connect one stack to the other using user port cables from the front end user port.
• Dell Networking OS selects a master stack manager from the two existing managers based on the priority of the stack.
• Dell Networking OS resets all the units in the losing stack; they all become stack members.
• If there is no unit numbering conflict, the stack members retain their previous unit numbers. Otherwise, the stack manager assigns
new unit numbers, based on the order that they come online.
• The stack manager overwrites the startup and running config on the losing stack members with its own to synchronize the
configuration on the new stack members.
Split a Stack
To split a stack, unplug the desired stacking cables.
You may do this at any time, whether the stack is powered or unpowered, and the units are online or offline. Each portion of the split stack
retains the startup and running configuration of the original stack.
For a parent stack that is split into two child stacks, A and B, each with multiple units:
• If one of the new stacks receives the master and the standby management units, it is unaffected by the split.
• If one of the new stacks receives only the master unit, that unit remains the stack manager, and Dell Networking OS elects a new
standby management unit.
• If one of the new stacks receives only the standby unit, it becomes the master unit of the new stack, and Dell Networking OS elects a
new standby unit.
• If one of the new stacks receives neither the master nor the standby management unit, the stack is reset so that a new election can
take place.
Stacking Configuration Tasks
Following are the stacking configuration tasks:
• Assigning Unit Numbers to Units in a Stack
• Creating a Virtual Stack Unit in a Stack
• Displaying Information About a Stack
• Influencing Management Unit Selection on a Stack
• Managing Redundancy on a Stack
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Stacking