S Series Switches 
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Figure 2-7, Figure 2-8, and Figure 2-9 illustrate stack packet exchange during the removal of 
the master switch, standby switch, and slave switch respectively. 
Figure 2-7 Removing the master switch 
SwitchA
(Master)
SwitchB
(StandBy)
SwitchC
(Slave)
Hehuan packet
Reselect the standby switch
Detects that the stack port goes 
Down, deletes neighbor information, 
and becomes the new master switch
SPDU
Notifies SwitchC that it is the new 
standby switch
HIGIG packet
Nbr Lost