© Copyright Lenovo 2017 Chapter 13: Stacking 241
Beforeconfiguringthestack:
IdentifytheVLANtobeusedasthestackingVLAN.
Savethecurrentconfigurationtoanexternaldevice.Theportnumberingwill
changeoncestackingisenabled.Usethesavedconfigurationtoreassign
ports/interfacesasperthenewportnumberingscheme.Onceastackis
configured,portnumbersaredisplayedthroughouttheBBIusingthecsnum
toidentifytheswitch,followed
bytheswitchportnumber.Forexample:
Stacking VLANs
VLAN4090isthedefault VLANreservedforinternaltrafficonstackingports.You
canchangetheVLAN,ifrequired.
Note: DonotuseVLAN4090(ortheconfiguredVLAN)foranypurposeother
thaninternalstackingtraffic.
Configuring Each Switch in a Stack
Toconfigureeachswitchforstacking,connecttotheinternalmanagementIP
interfaceforeachswitch(assignedbythemanagementsystem)andusetheISCLI
toperformthefollowingsteps.
Note: IPv6isnotsupportedinstackingmode.IPinterfacesmustuseIPv4
addressingforproperstackconfiguration.
1. Oneachswitch,enable
stacking:
2. Oneachswitch,setthestackingmembershipmode.
Bydefault,eachswitchissettoMembermode.However,oneswitchmustbesetto
Mastermode.UsethefollowingcommandononlythedesignatedMasterswitch:
Note: IfanyMemberswitchesareincorrectlysettoMastermode,usethemode
memberoptiontosetthembacktoMembermode.
3. Oneachswitch,configurethestackingVLAN(orusethedefaultsetting).
AlthoughanyVLAN(exceptVLAN1)maybedefinedforstacktraffic,itishighly
recommendedthatthedefault,VLAN 4090asshowninthefollowingexample,be
reservedforstacking.
4. Oneachswitch,designatethestackinglinks.
CN 4093(config)# boot stack enable
CN 4093(config)# boot stack mode master
CN 4093(config)# boot stack vlan 4090