KB.15.15

NOTE: It is possible for the Standby to have a higher priority than the Commander, if the

priority of the Standby was increased after the Commander becomes the Commander. (The

Commander is not changed unless it fails or is on the Inactive fragment side of a stack that

becomes split).

3. If there are two or more switches whose priority is equally high, then the Commander will

look at the topology of the stack and pick a switch that is the most hops away from the

Commander. This will increase the probability that the Commander and Standby switch will

be in different stack fragments should a failure occur.

4. If the priorities and hop counts of the contenders are the same, then the switch with the lowest

MAC address is selected as the Standby switch.

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