Users Guide

Manually Assigning a New Unit to an Existing Stack
To manually assign a new unit a position in an existing stack, use the following steps.
1 On the stack, determine the next available stack-unit number, and the management priority of the
management unit.
EXEC Privilege mode
show system brief or show system stack-unit
2 On the new unit, number it the next available stack-unit number.
EXEC Privilege mode
stack-unit stack-unit-number renumber stack-unit-new-number
3 (OPTIONAL) On the new unit, assign a management priority based on whether you want the new unit to
be the stack manager.
CONFIGURATION mode
stack-unit stack-unit-number priority priority-number
4 Assign a stack group to each unit.
CONFIGURATION mode
stack-unitstack-unit-number stack-group stack-group-number
5 Connect the new unit to the stack using stacking cables.
Example of Adding a Stack Unit with a Conflicting Stack Number (Before and After)
The following example shows adding a stack unit with a conflicting stack number (before).
The following example shows adding a stack unit with a conflicting stack number (after).
Dell#show system brief
Stack MAC : 90:b1:1c:f4:a7:c7
Reload-Type : normal-reload [Next boot : normal-reload]
-- Stack Info --
Unit UnitType Status ReqTyp CurTyp Version Ports
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
0 Standby online S6000 S6000 1-0(0-3666) 128
1 Standby online S6000 S6000 1-0(0-3666) 128
2 Member online S6000 S6000 1-0(0-3666) 128
3 Member not present
4 Member not present
5 Management online S6000 S6000 1-0(0-3666) 128
Adding a Configured Unit to an Existing Stack
To add a configured unit to an existing stack, use the following commands.
If a stack unit goes down and is removed from the stack, the logical provisioning configured for that stack-
unit number is saved on the master and standby units. When a new unit is added to the stack, if a stack group
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