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Chapter5 Managing Switch Stacks
Understanding Stacks
Table5-2 Switch Stack Configuration Scenarios
Scenario Result
Master election
specifically determined
by existing masters
Connect two powered-on stacks through the
StackWise ports.
Only one of the two masters becomes the new stack
master.
Master election
specifically determined
by the member priority
value
1. Connect two switches through their
StackWise ports.
2. Use the switch stack-member-number
priority new-priority-number global
configuration command to set one
member with a higher member priority
value.
3. Restart both members at the same time.
The member with the higher priority value is elected
master.
Master election
specifically determined
by the configuration file
Assuming that both members have the same
priority value:
1. Make sure that one member has a
default configuration and that the other
member has a saved (nondefault)
configuration file.
2. Restart both members at the same time.
The member with the saved configuration file is
elected master.
Master election
specifically determined
by the cryptographic IP
services image software
Assuming that all members have the same
priority value:
1. Make sure that one member has the
cryptographic IP services image
software installed and that the other
member has the noncryptographic IP
services image software installed.
2. Restart both members at the same time.
The member with the cryptographic IP services
image software is elected master.
Master election
specifically determined
by the cryptographic IP
base image software
Assuming that all members have the same
priority value:
1. Make sure that one member has the
cryptographic IP base image software
installed and that the other member has
the noncryptographic IP base image
software installed.
2. Restart both members at the same time.
The member with the cryptographic IP base image
software is elected master.
Master election
specifically determined
by the MAC address
Assuming that both members have the same
priority value, configuration file, and
software image, restart both stack members
at the same time.
The member with the lower MAC address is elected
master.