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706 | Stacking S-Series Switches

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To display the status of the stacking ports, including the topology:

Figure 39-9 shows an example of a daisy-chain topology. Figure 39-10 shows the same stack converted to

a ring by connecting stack-port 2/51 to 0/51; you may rearrange the stacking cables without triggering a

unit reset, so long as the stack manager is never disconnected from the stack.

Figure 39-9. Displaying the S-Series Stacking Topology

Figure 39-10. Displaying the S-Series Stacking Topology

5 Power the stack one unit at a time. Start with the

management unit, then the standby, followed by each of the

members in order of their assigned stack number (or the

position in the stack you want each unit to take). Allow each

unit to completely boot, and verify that the unit is detected

by the stack manager, and then power the next unit.

show system brief

EXEC Privilege

Task Command Syntax Command Mode

Display the stacking ports.

show system stack-ports

EXEC Privilege

Note: The output samples below are example to show ring and cascade topologies. Please refer to the

Installation document for your system type to view a diagram for the topology supported by your system.

Note: The S55 stacking modules are installed in the lower optional module slot (slot 0) and use ports 48

and 49 only.

Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode

Stack#show system stack-ports

Topology: Daisy chain

Interface Connection Link Speed Admin Link Trunk

(Gb/s) Status Status Group

------------------------------------------------------------------

0/51 12 up down

0/52 1/50 12 up up

1/49 2/52 12 up up

1/50 0/52 12 up up

2/51 12 up down

2/52 1/49 12 up up

FTOS#show system stack-ports

Topology: Ring