Administrator Guide

Deriving Interface Indices............................................................................................................................................. 880
Monitor Port-Channels.................................................................................................................................................. 881
Troubleshooting SNMP Operation...............................................................................................................................882
Transceiver Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................882
55 Stacking.................................................................................................................................................. 884
Stacking S5000 Switches............................................................................................................................................ 884
Stack Management Roles.......................................................................................................................................885
Stack Master Election.............................................................................................................................................886
Virtual IP................................................................................................................................................................... 886
Failover Roles............................................................................................................................................................887
MAC Addressing.......................................................................................................................................................887
Stacking LAG............................................................................................................................................................887
High Availability on S5000 Stacks......................................................................................................................... 887
Management Access on Stacks............................................................................................................................ 888
Stacking Installation Tasks...................................................................................................................................... 889
Stack Unit and Stack Group Numbering.............................................................................................................. 894
Supported Stacking Topologies............................................................................................................................. 895
Conguring an S5000 Switch Stack...........................................................................................................................896
Stack and Cable Requirements..............................................................................................................................896
Cables for Stacked Switches..................................................................................................................................897
Accessing the Stack CLI......................................................................................................................................... 897
Assigning a Priority to Stacked Switches............................................................................................................. 898
Renumbering a Stack Unit......................................................................................................................................898
Conguring Stacking Ports and Bringing Up a Stack............................................................................................... 898
Provisioning a Stack Unit..............................................................................................................................................902
Converting Four 10 GbE Ports to 40 GbE Ports for Stacking................................................................................. 903
Removing a Stack Group from Stacking Mode......................................................................................................... 903
Remove a Switch from a Stack................................................................................................................................... 904
Adding a Stack Unit.......................................................................................................................................................904
Adding a Standalone Switch to a Stack......................................................................................................................905
Merging Two Stacks......................................................................................................................................................905
Split a Stack................................................................................................................................................................... 906
Managing Redundant Stack Management.................................................................................................................906
Resetting a Unit on a Stack......................................................................................................................................... 906
Verify a Stack Conguration.........................................................................................................................................907
Using Show Commands..........................................................................................................................................907
Troubleshooting a Switch Stack................................................................................................................................... 910
Failure Scenarios.......................................................................................................................................................912
Upgrading a Switch Stack.......................................................................................................................................914
Upgrading a Single Stack Unit................................................................................................................................ 915
56 Storm Control...........................................................................................................................................917
Congure Storm Control................................................................................................................................................917
Conguring Storm Control from INTERFACE Mode............................................................................................917
Conguring Storm Control from CONFIGURATION Mode.................................................................................918
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