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Configuring Virtual Chassis Quick Steps for Automatically Configuring A Virtual Chassis
OmniSwitch AOS Release 8 Switch Management Guide May 2014 page 13-5
Quick Steps for Automatically Configuring A
Virtual Chassis
Follow the steps below for a quick tutorial on configuring multiple chassis to automatically operate as a
Virtual Chassis. Additional information on how to configure a Virtual Chassis is provided in the section
“Configuring Virtual Chassis” on page 13-18.
Note: The vcsetup.cfg and vcboot.cfg files must NOT be present on the chassis. This is the normal config-
uration for newly shipped chassis.
Automatic Virtual Chassis Creation
1 Connect each chassis to the next in a ring configuration using the dedicated VFL ports.
2 Power on each chassis.
3 The VFL ports will be automatically detected and configured.
4 The chassis with the lowest MAC address will become the Master and be configured with chassis-id 1.
5 All other chassis will become Slave chassis and be assigned a unique chassis-id.
Viewing the Virtual Chassis Configuration
1 Use the show virtual-chassis topology command to check the topology of the Virtual Chassis.
-> show virtual-chassis topology
Local Chassis: 1
Oper Config Oper
Chas Role Status Chas ID Pri Group MAC-Address
-----+------------+-------------------+--------+-----+------+------------------
1 Master Running 1 100 0 e8:e7:32:a4:8d:7f
2 Slave Running 2 100 0 e8:e7:32:a4:89:2b
3 Slave Running 3 100 0 e8:e7:32:a4:8c:cd
2 Use the show virtual-chassis consistency command to check the consistency of the virtual chassis.
-> show virtual-chassis consistency
Legend: * - denotes mandatory consistency which will affect chassis status
licenses-info - A: Advanced; B: Data Center; D: DP-Inspect
Config Oper Oper Config
Chas Chas Chas Hello Control Control
Chas* ID Status Type* Group* Interv Vlan* Vlan License*
------+------+---------+-------+------+-------+--------+--------+----------
1 1 OK OS6860 0 15 4094 4094
2 2 OK OS6860 0 15 4094 4094
3 3 OK OS6860 0 15 4094 4094
3 Use the show virtual-chassis vf-link command to check the status of the of the virtual-link (VFL).
-> show virtual-chassis vf-link member-port
Chassis/VFLink ID Chassis/Slot/Port Oper Is Primary
-------------------+------------------+----------+-------------
1/0 1/1/53 Up Yes
1/1 1/1/54 Up Yes
2/0 2/1/53 Up Yes
2/1 2/1/54 Up Yes
3/0 3/1/53 Up Yes
3/1 3/1/54 Up Yes