Chapter 4
| System Management Commands
Stacking
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switch master button This command configures a unit as the stack master. Use the no form to disable the
master button.
Syntax
[no] switch master button unit
unit - Unit identifier. (Range: 1-8)
Default Setting
Disabled
Command Mode
Privileged Exec
Command Usage
â—† The switch must be rebooted to activate this command. Note that the
configured setting is not affected by changes to the start-up configuration file.
â—† Set the front panel 10G ports to stacking mode with the switch stacking button
command prior to rebooting the switch.
â—† If the stack has not been initialized, the master button must be disabled on all
other units in the stack, and those units rebooted.
â—† If the stack has been initialized, and this command is used to configure a new
stack master, then the master button on the old master must be disabled
before rebooting the stack.
â—† After the newly configured stack master has been rebooted, the front panel
unit identifier will the updated on each unit in the stack.
â—† The bootup messages on all slave units will be halted when the master unit is
rebooted, and configuration through the CLI will be restricted to the master
unit.
Example
This example shows the current switch set to stack master, the switch rebooted,
and the messages displayed after the reboot process completes.
Console#switch master button 1
Console#reload
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***************************************************************
Finished provision complete ...
Processing hot swap insertion: 57-108, and use default [TRUE]
****** Master sending maintenance packet
---- Master state preemption
Hot swap insertion done.
Pre-provision complete ...
Finished pre-provision complete ...