PowerSwitch OS6: How to Stack N1500 Series Switches

Summary: Information about stacking PowerSwitch N1500 series switches.

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Instructions

To stack N1500 switches together, do the following:
 

  1. Update each switch to the latest firmware using the instruction included in the zip file. The firmware is found on the Dell Support Drivers & Downloads page.
  2. Configure ports to be used for stacking. It is recommended to use at least two ports on each switch to allow a ring topology connection.
  3. Input these commands to set a port to stack mode. This example uses two 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports for stacking.
console> enable
console# config
console(config)# stack
console(config-stack)# stack-port tengigabitethernet 1/0/1 stack
console(config-stack)# stack-port tengigabitethernet 1/0/2 stack
console(config-stack)# end
console# copy running-configuration startup-configuration
console# reload

 

Note: You must reboot the switch for ports to transition into stacking mode.

 

Note: You can only stack on the 10-Gigabit interfaces.

1. Power off the switches. Connect the stacking ports in a ring topology.

2. Power on the desired primary switch first and wait until you can access it. Afterwards power on the next switch one at a time until every switch is powered on. They will add themselves to the stack.

 

Note: The Primary and Operation Standby switches keep the startup-configuration of the stack. You can only access the console port from the Primary.

 

Note: The N1500 series switches support up to four units in a stack.

Affected Products

PowerSwitch N1500 Series
Article Properties
Article Number: 000121347
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 07 أغسطس 2026
Version:  9
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