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nedzdell

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September 17th, 2013 04:00

connecting 4 6248 switch using stacking unit

Hi,

I have 4 6248 units. connected according to page 5 here :

http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pwcnt/en/pwcnt_stacking_switches.pdf

the manual states that the units has to be brought up in a certain order master be turned on first and then the rest of the units . 

what happens when I have power failure ? 

from the little experience I had, it took several times of restarts to the units until all the network was reachable (sometimes other units took over as master etc etc.)

Thank you for any clarification.

Nedz. 

  • nedzdell

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    Posted September 25th, 2013 06:00

    Thank you for your reply. 

    in my scenario I have 4 switches connected via stacking cables. 

    today one of the switches ups failed and as soon as it got up all the remaining 3 switches became masters. 

    this also resulted in the network not being reachable for some of the clients

    only bringing the switches back up at the right order fixed network availability. 

    I really don't mind other units being masters as long as the network keeps working. 

    any Idea on why this would happen ? 

    Thank you