Dell 7000 Series manual Stacking Dell PowerConnect Series Switches, Dell Technical White Paper

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Stacking Dell PowerConnect

7000 Series Switches

A Dell Technical White Paper

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Contents Dell Technical White Paper Stacking Dell PowerConnect Series SwitchesStacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Contents Applicability IntroductionStacking and Management Stacking and Redundancy Stacking and PerformanceDual Stacking Modules Configured in a Ring Power-Up Sequencing Considerations Mixing M6348 and PC7000 Series Switches in a StackConsole#boot auto-copy-sw allow-downgrade Initial Installation and Power-up of a Stack Selecting the Standby Unit Selecting the Master UnitUpdating the Firmware on a Stack Automatic UpdateManual Update FTP Creating a Separate Vlan for File DownloadsFrom the Switching Vlan Vlan Membership page, click Add Navigate to the Routing IP IP Interface Configuration Page Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Click Apply Adding a Stack Member with Minimal Interruption Removing a Stack Member with Minimal Interruption Master Failover Merging Two Operational StacksEffect of Master Failover on PoE Devices Failover Scenarios Stack Member FailoverScenario Stack Split Stack Split with Manager Failure Nonstop Forwarding Nonstop Forwarding Scenario Initiating a Warm Failover of the Manager UnitNonstop Forwarding Example Router NSF Scenario Configuration via CLIStack Switch Switch NSF Example Parameter Timing NSF Re-convergence TimingSmall Configuration Stacking CLI CommandsSummary Stacking Web Interface