Install Guide
DC Power
Connect the plug to each DC receptacle. Make sure that the power cord is secure and the polarity is correct.
As soon as the cable is connected between the S5000 and the power source, the chassis is powered-up; there is no on/o switch.
Hot-Swapping Units in a Stack
You can add, remove, or swap S5000 units in an existing stack. The units in the stack and the new units can be already powered up
or powered down. All units in a stack must run the same version of the operating system.The order in which the units come online or
are added to or removed from the stack aects how the stack identies them and how the units identify themselves. This order
inuences unit numbers, management addresses, and other elements of the conguration le.
Unit identication within the stack is determined by the identication algorithm you select. The default algorithm has the units self-
identify as Unit 0 through Unit last based on the order in which they come online. So, when setting up a new set of switches in a
stack, you should have no trouble forcing the identication of the management unit and unit IDs by methodically supplying power to
the units in your preferred sequence.
Similarly, when you add a unit to the stack, the unit is gracefully added as Unit last (the lowest unused number) with the current
conguration. Attaching a new unit may cause each unit in the stack to reload. The subsequent conguration le in each unit
includes the awareness of the new unit.
If you have a precongured unit that you want to add to the stack, but you want to make sure that the conguration does not
override the conguration of the stack, add the unit while it is powered down to avoid stack management conicts.
For more information about removing a unit from a stack and other stacking commands, refer to the Stacking chapter in the Dell
Networking OS Conguration Guide for the S5000 Switch and the Stacking Commands chapter in the Dell Networking OS
Command Line Reference Guide for the S5000 Switch.
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