Users Guide

Example of Accessing Non-Master Units on a Stack via the Console Port
-----------------CONSOLE ACCESS ON A STANDBY----------------------------
Dell(standby)#?
cd Change current directory
clear Reset functions
copy Copy from one file to another
delete Delete a file
dir List files on a filesystem
disable Turn off privileged commands
enable Turn on privileged commands
exit Exit from the EXEC
format Format a filesystem
fsck Filesystem check utility
pwd Display current working directory
rename Rename a file
reset Reset selected card
show Show running system information
ssh-peer-stack-unit Open a SSH connection to the peer stack-unit
start Start shell
telnet-peer-stack-unit Open a telnet connection to the peer stack-unit
terminal Set terminal line parameters
upload Upload file
Dell(standby)#
-----------------CONSOLE ACCESS ON A MEMBER----------------------------
Dell(stack-member-1)#?
reset-self Reset this unit alone
show Show running system information
You can connect two units with two or more stacking cables in case of a stacking port or cable failure. Removal of only one of
the cables does not trigger a reset.
Important Points to Remember
• You can stack up to six systems.
• You cannot stack one system with other system types.
• You cannot enable stacking and virtual link trunking (VLT) simultaneously on the device. To convert a stacked unit to VLT,
see Reconfiguring Stacked Switches as VLT.
• Data ports are configured as stacking ports in predefined groups of four 10G ports called stack-groups.
• When using the 40G ports, you can configure a single port as a stack port; each 40G port is a stack-group.
• All stack units must have the same version of Dell Networking OS.
Stacking Installation Tasks
The following are the stacking installation tasks.
• Create a Stack
• Add Units to an Existing Stack
• Split a Stack
Create a Stack
Stacking is enabled on the device using the front end ports.
No configuration is allowed on front end ports used for stacking. Stacking can be made between 10G ports of two units or 40G
ports of two units. The stack links between the two units are grouped into a single LAG.
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