Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6350, Hardware User'S Manual

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OmniSwitch 6350 Hardware Users Guide April 2017 page 7-1
7 Managing
OmniSwitch 6350 Stacks
In addition to their working as individual stand-alone switches OmniSwitch 6350 switches can also be
linked together to work as a single virtual chassis known as a
stack . With stacks, users can easily expand
their switching capacity simply by adding additional switches to the stack. In addition, stacks provide
enhanced resiliency and redundancy features. For more information, refer to
page 7-2 .
In This Chapter
This chapter provides information on OmniSwitch 6350 switches configured to operate as a single virtual
chassis. Topics described in the chapter include:
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OmniSwitch 6350 stack overview on page 7-2 .
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Roles within the stack on page 7-3 .
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Stack cabling on page 7-16 .
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Slot numbering on page 7-19 .
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Hot-Swapping modules in a stack on page 7-24 .
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Reloading switches on page 7-26 .
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Changing the secondary module to primary on page 7-34 .
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Synchronizing switches in a stack on page 7-36 .
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Stack Split Detection (SSP) on page 7-37 .
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Monitoring the stack on page 7-40 .
Note. You can also manage and monitor OmniSwitch 6350 stacks through WebView, Alcatel-Lucent
Enterprise’s embedded web-based device management application. WebView is an interactive and easy-
to-use GUI that can be launched from OmniVista or a web browser. Please refer to WebView’s online
documentation for more information.