ProSafe 7000 Managed Switch Software Administration Manual, Release 8.0.3
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Managing Switch Stacks
v1.0, June 2010
Switch Stack Offline Configuration
You can use the offline configuration feature to preconfigure (supply a configuration to) a new switch before
it joins the switch stack. You can configure in advance the stack member number, the switch type, and the
interfaces associated with a switch that is not currently part of the stack (see
“Preconfiguration”
Effects of Adding a Preconfigured Switch to a Switched Stack
When you add a preconfigured switch to the switch stack, the stack applies either the preconfigured
configuration or the default configuration.
Table
17-1
lists the events that occur when the switch stack
compares the preconfigured configuration with the new switch:
Table
17-1. Results of comparing the preconfiguration with the new switch
Scenario
Result
The stack member numbers and the switch types match.
• If the stack member number of the preconfigured switch
matches the stack member number in the configuration
on the stack, and
• If the switch type of the preconfigured switch matches
the switch type in the configuration on the stack.
The switch stack applies the configuration to the
preconfigured new switch and adds it to the
stack.
The stack member numbers match but the switch types
do not match.
• If the stack member number of the preconfigured switch
matches the stack member number in the configuration
on the stack, but
• The switch type of the preconfigured switch does not
match the switch type in the configuration on the stack.
• The switch stack applies the default
configuration to the preconfigured switch and
adds it to the stack.
• The configuration in the preconfigured switch
is changed to reflect the new information.
The stack member number is not found in the
configuration.
• The switch stack applies the default
configuration to the new switch and adds it to
the stack.
• The preconfigured information is changed to
reflect the new information.
The stack member number of the preconfigured switch is
not found in the configuration.
The switch stack applies the default
configuration to the preconfigured switch and
adds it to the stack.
Effects of Replacing a Preconfigured Switch in a Switch Stack
When a preconfigured switch in a switch stack fails, is removed from the stack, and is replaced with another
switch, the stack applies either the preconfiguration or the default configuration to it. The events that occur
when the switch stack compares the configuration with the preconfigured switch are the same as those
described in
“Effects of Adding a Preconfigured Switch to a Switched Stack”
.
