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3424 - Stack and LAG
Im doing sort of a proof of concept, and I just want to make sure this will even work on these switches because i'm not finding a way in the web interface that makes this look like it is possible.....
I'd like to stack 2 switches on both ends of a connection, and then use a copper and fiber run for a LAG to the stack. Ideally i'd put the fiber in one stack member and the copper in the other stack member. That way if I lose one member, I still have a connection via the other.
Best I can tell, the stack ports work fine in that I can get a master light on one and an ID on the other. But i'm not sure I see how specify in the stack, that the LAG exists in a manner such that it's on each of the switches.
But with the LAG menus, it looks like im only able to specify ports 1-8 and none of the G ports.
Am I overly complicating this and have missed something simple or and I just totally off course?
cmillerm3ts
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May 15th, 2015 13:00
Well apparently my stacking just wasn't displaying properly...I did a del start and was able to properly set my stack numbering.
After that, the stacked switch interface came up on the LAG menus and I was able to set the timeout/priority/etc just fine.
cmillerm3ts
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May 15th, 2015 15:00
I had posted that I had corrected this, but I guess the answer didn't post.
My stacking indicators weren't telling me the right thing. I had to del start and reset the stack numbers. After that the LAG showed the proper stack options for both switches and I was able to designate my 1/g1 and 2/24 ports. That way I had fiber on the "masters" of each stack and copper on the "slave" on each stack.
I'm not sure why the config wasn't displaying right based on the stack lighting, but since it worked later, I wasn't that concerned.
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May 15th, 2015 15:00
Hi,
So are you wanting to create two stacks of two switches and connect them with a LAG? Once the switches are stacked they are effectively one switch, so you could use ports on each of the switches in the stack to create a LAG. All of the setup is done from the stack master. So when you select an interface the master would be 1/e1 on the 2nd switch it would 2/e1. So you could add both ports to the same LAG.