Dell 7000 Series manual Contents

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches
Contents
Introduction	2
Applicability	2
Stacking and Management	2
Stacking and Performance	3
Stacking and Redundancy	3
Mixing M6348 and PC7000 Series Switches in a Stack	5
Power-Up Sequencing Considerations	5
Initial Installation and Power-up of a Stack	7
Selecting the Master Unit	8
Selecting the Standby Unit	8
Updating the Firmware on a Stack	9
Automatic Update	9
Manual Update	10
Creating a Separate VLAN for File Downloads	11
Adding a Stack Member with Minimal Interruption	16
Removing a Stack Member with Minimal Interruption	17
Merging Two Operational Stacks	18
Synchronizing the Running Configuration between the Master and Standby Units	18
Master Failover	18
Effect of Master Failover on PoE Devices	18
Stack Member Failover	19
Failover Scenarios	19
Scenario 1	19
Scenario 2	20
Scenario 3	21
Nonstop Forwarding	22
Initiating a Warm Failover of the Manager Unit	23
Nonstop Forwarding Scenario	23
NSF Scenario Configuration via CLI	25
NSF Example 1	29
NSF Example 2:	29
NSF Re-convergence Timing	30
Medium Configuration	30
Small Configuration	31
Stacking CLI Commands	31
Stacking Web Interface	32
Summary	32

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