Stacking Dell PowerConnect Switches: 8132, 8132F, 8164, 8164F
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Contents
Important Firmware Update for PowerConnect 81xx Stacking .................................... 4
Introduction ............................................................................................... 6
Stacking and management ....................................................................................... 7
Simplified firmware updates for stack members ............................................................ 7
Stacking and redundancy ......................................................................................... 7
Nonstop forwarding on the stack ............................................................................... 7
Hot add/delete and firmware synchronization .............................................................. 7
Meta-data considerations ........................................................................................ 7
How a Master is selected ......................................................................................... 8
How to select a Master during initial stack setup ......................................................... 10
Stacking scenarios ....................................................................................... 11
Creating a Stack ................................................................................................. 12
Command-line interface method ......................................................................... 23
Web interface method ..................................................................................... 27
Updating firmware on a stack ................................................................................. 30
Command-line interface method ......................................................................... 30
Web interface method ..................................................................................... 32
Removing member units ........................................................................................ 38
Command-line interface method ......................................................................... 39
Web interface method ..................................................................................... 44
Managing the standby unit ...................................................................................... 51
Command-line interface method ......................................................................... 51
Web interface method ..................................................................................... 52
Appendix A – Commands used in this document .................................................... 55
Appendix B - Network switch versions ............................................................... 55
About Dell ................................................................................................ 55
