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Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches

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PC7024, PC7048, PC7024P, PC7048P, PC7024F, PC7048R, PC7048R-RA, PCM6348

July 2011

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Contents Stacking Dell PowerConnect Series Switches Dell Technical White PaperStacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Contents Stacking and Management IntroductionApplicability Stacking and Performance Stacking and RedundancyDual Stacking Modules Configured in a Ring Mixing M6348 and PC7000 Series Switches in a Stack Power-Up Sequencing ConsiderationsConsole#boot auto-copy-sw allow-downgrade Initial Installation and Power-up of a Stack Selecting the Master Unit Selecting the Standby UnitAutomatic Update Updating the Firmware on a StackManual Update Creating a Separate Vlan for File Downloads FTPFrom 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 Effect of Master Failover on PoE Devices Merging Two Operational StacksMaster Failover Scenario Stack Member FailoverFailover Scenarios Stack Split Stack Split with Manager Failure Nonstop Forwarding Initiating a Warm Failover of the Manager Unit Nonstop Forwarding ScenarioNonstop Forwarding Example NSF Scenario Configuration via CLI RouterStack Switch Switch NSF Example NSF Re-convergence Timing Parameter TimingStacking CLI Commands Small ConfigurationStacking Web Interface Summary