Chapter 8: Building the Stack with Gigabit or 5G Multi-speed Ports
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Configuring the
Master Switch -
Part II
In Part II you add the member switches to the configuration of the master
switch and designate their trunk ports. This is referred to as provisioning
the master switch. The procedure assumes you are continuing directly
from the previous procedure.
Table 25. Configuring the Master Switch to Use Gigabit or 5G Multi-speed Ports as the Stack
Trunk - Part II
Step Description and Command
Steps 1 to 2 add the member switches as provisioned switches to the master switch.
1 Enter the CONFIGURE TERMINAL command to move to the Global Configuration
mode.
awplus# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
awplus(config)#
2 Enter the SWITCH PROVISION command to add the member switches as
provisioned switches to the configuration of the master switch. (A stack with a trunk of
copper Gigabit or SFP can have up to four switches. A stack with a trunk of 5G Multi-
speed ports can have up to eight switches.) Assign each unit a unique ID number.
These examples add two 28-port switches and one 52-port switch as provisioned
member switches to the master switch, with the IDs 2 to 4:
awplus(config)# switch 2 provision x530-28
awplus(config)# switch 3 provision x530-28
awplus(config)# switch 4 provision x530-52
Steps 3 and 4 remove SFP+ S1 and S2 ports as the default trunk ports on the provisioned
member switches. This enables the ports to function as regular networking ports.
3 Enter the port Interface modes of the default SFP+ S1 and S2 trunk ports on the
provisioned member switches. The default trunk ports are the two highest numbered
ports on the switches. This example assumes three provisioned member switches,
with the IDs 2 to 4. It also assumes that two member switches are 28-port units and
one is a 52-port unit.
awplus(config)# interface port2.0.27-2.0.28,port3.0.27-3.0.28,
port4.0.51-4.0.52
4 Remove the ports on the provisioned switches as trunk ports and convert them into
regular Ethernet ports with the NO STACKPORT command:
awplus(config-if)# no stackport
% Save the config and restart the system for this change to take
effect.
Steps 5 and 6 designate the Gigabit, 5G Multi-speed, or Gigabit SFP ports that will be the trunk
ports on the member switches.
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