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Dell EMC Configuration Guide for the S4048T–ON System 9.14.2.4

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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).

Dell#show system brief

Stack MAC : 00:01:e8:8a:df:e6

Reload Type : normal-reload

-- Stack Info --

Unit UnitType    Status       ReqTyp    CurTyp    Version Ports
----------------------------------------------------------------
1    Management  online       S4048-ON  S4048-ON  9-10-0-0  72
2    Member      not present
3    Member      not present
4    Standby     online       S4048-ON  S4048-ON  9-10-0-0  72
5    Member      not present
6    Member      not present

The following example shows adding a stack unit with a conflicting stack number (after).

Dell#show system brief
Stack MAC : 00:01:e8:8a:df:e6

Reload Type : normal-reload

-- Stack Info --

Unit UnitType    Status       ReqTyp    CurTyp    Version  Ports
----------------------------------------------------------------
1    Management  online       S4048-ON  S4048-ON  9-10-0-0  72
2    Member      online       S4048-ON  S4048-ON  9-10-0-0  72
3    Member      not present
4    Standby     online       S4048-ON  S4048-ON  9-10-0-0  72
5    Member      not present
6    Member      not present

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