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Example: Figure 48-7 shows an example of how to configure two new S5000 switches for stacking using
10GbE ports. Figure 48-8 shows how to verify the S5000 stack configuration.
Figure 48-7. Example: Configuring Two S5000 Switches in a Stack
S5000-1(conf)#stack-unit 2 stack-group 1
Dell(conf)#Feb 8 17:11:04: %STKUNIT2-M:CP %IFMGR-6-STACK_PORTS_ADDED: Ports Te 2/4 Te 2/5
Te 2/6 Te 2/7 have been configured as stacking ports. Please save and reload for config to
take effect
S5000-1(conf)#stack-unit 2 stack-group 2
Dell(conf)#Feb 8 17:11:10: %STKUNIT2-M:CP %IFMGR-6-STACK_PORTS_ADDED: Ports Te 2/8 Te 2/9
Te 2/10 Te 2/11 have been configured as stacking ports. Please save and reload for config to
take effect
S5000-1(conf)#end
S5000-1#Feb 8 17:11:12: %STKUNIT2-M:CP %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console reload
System configuration has been modified. Save? [yes/no]: yes
!
Feb 8 17:11:14: %STKUNIT2-M:CP %FILEMGR-5-FILESAVED: Copied running-config to startup-config
in flash by default
Proceed with reload [confirm yes/no]: yes
Feb 8 17:11:17: %STKUNIT2-M:CP %CHMGR-5-RELOAD: User request to reload the chassis
S5000-2(conf)#stack-unit 1 stack-group 2
S5000-2(conf)#Feb 8 17:10:00: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %IFMGR-6-STACK_PORTS_ADDED: Ports Te 1/8 Te 1/9
Te 1/10 Te 1/11 have been configured as stacking ports. Please save and reload for config to
take effect
S5000-2(conf)#stack-unit 1 stack-group 3
S5000-2(conf)#Feb 8 17:10:04: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %IFMGR-6-STACK_PORTS_ADDED: Ports Te 1/12 Te 1/13
Te 1/14 Te 1/15 have been configured as stacking ports. Please save and reload for config to
take effect
S5000-2(conf)#end
S5000-2#Feb 8 17:10:07: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console reload
System configuration has been modified. Save? [yes/no]: yes
!
Feb 8 17:10:10: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %FILEMGR-5-FILESAVED: Copied running-config to startup-config
in flash by default
Proceed with reload [confirm yes/no]: yes
Feb 8 17:11:47: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %CHMGR-5-RELOAD: User request to reload the chassis