Dell PowerConnect 8024 - Standby; Switch Priority

System Management Commands 1105
standby
Use the standby command to configure the standby in the stack. This unit comes up as the
master when the stack failover occurs. Use the no form of this command to unconfigure the
standby in the stack, in which case, FASTPATH automatically selects a standby from the
existing stack units if there is no preconfiguration.
Syntax
standby unit
no standby
• unit — Valid unit number in the stack. (Range: 1–12 maximum. The range is limited to the
number of units available on the stack.)
Default Configuration
This command has no default configuration.
Command Mode
Stack Global Configuration
User Guidelines
No specific guidelines.
Examples
console(config)#stack
console(config-stack)#standby 2
console(config)#stack
console(config-stack)#no standby
FASTPATH will automatically select a standby
switch priority
Use the switch priority command in Global Configuration mode to configure the ability of the
switch to become the Management Switch. The switch with the highest priority value is chosen
to become the Management Switch if the active Management Switch fails.
Syntax
switch unit priority value