Dell Networking 7048 User Manual

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches A Dell Technical White Paper www.dell.com • support.dell.com

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 8 Selecting the Master Unit A stack manager is elected or re-elected based on the following c

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 9 To configure the standby unit via the Web interface, view the Stacking > Unit Configurat

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 10 4. Reload the stack command. This resets the entire stack. The switches stop forwarding d

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 11 Mode... FTP FTP Server IP...

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 12 To perform the same configuration by using the Web interface, use the following steps: 1.

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 13 5. From the Show VLAN menu on the Switching > VLAN > VLAN Membership page, select

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 14 9. In the Interface field, select VLAN 1000. In the Routing Mode field, select Enable. In

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 15 11. Click Apply. 12. Navigate to the System > Management Security > Access Profile

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 16 Adding a Stack Member with Minimal Interruption When adding a new member to a stack, make

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 17 Removing a Stack Member with Minimal Interruption NOTE: This migration process can be dis

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page ii THIS WHITE PAPER IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND MAY CONTAIN TYPOG

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 18 Merging Two Operational Stacks The recommended procedure for merging two operational stac

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 19 If PoE is enabled on a switch port shortly before a master failover and the hardware stat

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 20 console#show switch Management Standby Preconfig Plugged-in Switch Co

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 21 Scenario 3 The following example contains a similar condition with a master unit failover

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 22 Nonstop Forwarding A switch can be described in terms of three semi-independent functions

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 23 To take full advantage of nonstop forwarding, layer 2 connections to neighbors should be v

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 24 Figure 6. Nonstop Forwarding Example 1 2 3 Host 1 Host 2 Host 3 Switch 1 Switch 2 Rou

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 25 NSF Scenario Configuration via CLI Router 1: configure terminal hostname Router_1 ip multi

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 26 Stack: configure terminal vlan database vlan 10,20 exit vlan 10 name “Routed interfac

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 27 exit interface gi2/0/10 no spanning-tree auto-portfast channel-group 1 mode auto exit

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 1 Contents Introduction ...

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 28 interface gi1/0/5 switchport mode general switchport general pvid 20 switchport general

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 29 NSF Example 1 Assume Unit 1 is the stack manager and Unit 2 is the standby switch. The fol

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 30 NSF Re-convergence Timing As mentioned in the previous section, NSF protects against failu

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 31 Small Configuration • 6 switches stacked • 4 VLANs, all ports are members of all VLANs

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 32 Stacking Web Interface The stacking configuration and monitoring Web pages are accessed fr

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 2 Introduction This white paper explains the purpose and operation of the stacking feature in

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 3 required for reconfiguration. Additional stack members can immediately utilize existing con

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 4 #Figure 2 shows a recommended stacking configuration with dual stacking modules on each swi

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 5 Mixing M6348 and PC7000 Series Switches in a Stack PC7000 series and M6348 can be used inte

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 6 members of the stack can be powered on sequentially by powering up the switch adjacent to t

Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Page 7 Initial Installation and Power-up of a Stack Follow these instructions to create a stack: N