Dell 7000 Series manual

Stacking Dell PowerConnect

7000 Series Switches

A Dell Technical White Paper

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Contents

Main Page Contents Introduction Applicability Stacking and Management Stacking and Performance Stacking and Redundancy a Figure 2. Dual Stacking Modules Configured in a Ring a Mixing M6348 and PC7000 Series Switches in a Stack Figure 3. Mixed Switches in a Stack Power-Up Sequencing Considerations Page Initial Installation and Power-up of a Stack Selecting the Master Unit Selecting the Standby Unit Updating the Firmware on a Stack Automatic Update Manual Update Creating a Separate VLAN for File Downloads 1. From the Switching > VLAN > VLAN Membership page, click Add. Page Page Page Adding a Stack Member with Minimal Interruption Removing a Stack Member with Minimal Interruption Merging Two Operational Stacks Synchronizing the Running Configuration between the Master and Standby Units Master Failover Effect of Master Failover on PoE Devices Stack Member Failover Failover Scenarios Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Figure 4. Stack Split Scenario 3 Figure 5. Stack Split with Manager Failure Nonstop Forwarding Initiating a Warm Failover of the Manager Unit Nonstop Forwarding Scenario Figure 6. Nonstop Forwarding Example Page Page Page Page Page NSF Re-convergence Timing Medium Configuration Small Configuration Stacking CLI Commands Stacking Web Interface Summary