Users Guide

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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pe State: Standby
Peer pe stack unit ID: 2
pe SW Version: 1-0(0-4074)
-- pe Redundancy Configuration --
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Primary pe: mgmt-id 0
Auto Data Sync: Full
Failover Type: Hot Failover
Auto reboot pe: Disabled
Auto failover limit: 3 times in 60 minutes
-- pe Failover Record --
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Failover Count: 0
Port Extender (PE) Stacking 711