Administrator Guide

NOTE: Any scripts used to streamline the stacking conguration process must be updated to reect the Command Mode change
from EXEC to CONFIGURATION to allow the scripts to work correctly.
Enabling Front End Port Stacking
To enable the front ports on a unit for stacking, use the following commands.
NOTE: You can stack a maximum of eight 10G stack ports.
NOTE: After a port is allocated for stacking, you can only use it for stacking. If stack-group 0 is allocated for stacking, you can
use ports 1, 2, 3, and 4 for stacking but not for Ethernet anymore. If only port 1 is used for stacking, ports 2, 3, and 4 are spare;
they cannot be used for Ethernet.
1 Assign a stack group for each unit.
CONFIGURATION mode
stack-unit id stack-group id
Begin with the rst port on the management unit. Next, congure both ports on each subsequent unit. Finally, return to the
management unit and congure the last port.
The range is from 0 to 17.
2 Save the stacking conguration on the ports.
EXEC Privilege mode
write memory
3 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 congurations with the stack.
4 After the units are reloaded, the system reboots. The units come up in a stack after the reboot completes.
To view the port assignments, use the show system stack-unit command.
Creating a New Stack
Prior to creating a stack, know which unit will be the management unit and which will be the standby unit.
Enable the front ports of the units for stacking. For more information, refer to Enabling Front End Port Stacking.
To create a new stack, use the following commands.
1 Power up all units in the stack.
2 Verify that each unit has the same Dell Networking OS version prior to stacking them together.
EXEC Privilege mode
show version
3 Manually congure unit numbers for each unit, so that the stacking is deterministic upon boot up.
EXEC Privilege mode
stack-unit stack—unit—number renumber stack—unit—number.
Renumbering causes the unit to reboot. The stack-unit default for all new units is stack-unit 1.
Stacking
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