Users Guide

• priority — The unit with the numerically highest priority is elected the master management unit;
the unit with the second highest priority is the standby unit. The range is from 1 to 14. There is no
default.
Dell(conf)#pe 2
Dell(conf-pe-2)#stack-unit 0 priority 14
Dell(conf-pe-2)#stack-unit 1 priority 13
Managing PE Stack Redundancy
To manage the master and standby redundancy in a PE stack, use the following commands.
• Reset the current management unit and make the standby unit the new master unit.
EXEC Privilege mode
redundancy force-failover pe pe-id
pe-id — port extender identifier. The range is 0 through 255.
The following example shows the redundancy force-failover pe command.
Dell#redundancy force-failover pe 3
A new standby is elected. When the former stack master comes back online, it becomes a member unit.
• Reset redundancy counters on a PE.
EXEC Privilege mode
redundancy reset-counter pe pe-id
• pe-id — port extender identifier. The range is from 0 to 255.
The following example shows the redundancy reset-counter pe command.
Dell #redundancy reset-counter pe 0
• Display redundancy information.
EXEC Privilege mode
show redundancy pe pe-id
pe-id — Port-extender identifier of the master stack unit. The range is from to 255.
The following example shows the show redundancy pe command.
Dell# show redundancy pe 0
-- pe Status --
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Mgmt ID: 0
pe ID: 0
pe Redundancy Role: Primary
pe State: Active
pe SW Version: 1-0(0-4074)
Link to Peer: Up
-- PEER pe Status --
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Port Extender (PE) Stacking 851