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Copyright 2016, SUPERMICRO Computer, Inc.

Confidential

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TACKING

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SUPERMICRO 1/10G Switches:

SSE-G24-TG4, SSE-G48-TG4,

SBM-GEM-X2C+,

SBM-GEM-X3S+

Version 0.5

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Summary of Contents for SSE-G24-TG4

Page 1: ...Copyright 2016 SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Confidential STACKING GUIDE SUPERMICRO 1 10G Switches SSE G24 TG4 SSE G48 TG4 SBM GEM X2C SBM GEM X3S Version 0 5 ...

Page 2: ...s prohibited Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has ...

Page 3: ...c Confidential Revision History Date Version Author Comment 2012 12 27 0 3 Julian Chang Derived from Stacking Guide ver 0 2 2014 3 6 0 4 Julian Chang Added MAC persistent feature 2016 10 26 0 5 Forest Preston Edit and add SFP cable option ...

Page 4: ...3S Copyright 2016 SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Confidential Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Terminology 2 3 Master Election 3 4 Managing Stack 6 5 Stacking Scenarios 8 Creating a stack 8 Adding a switch into an running stack 9 Merging two running stacks into a single stack 11 ...

Page 5: ...e stacking port assignment Please refer to Table 1 2 to planning your stacking connection We highly recommend that you connect the stack in a ring topology for resiliency Cascading stack members without the redundant stacking connection may cause downtime due to any single point of failure See Figure 1 1 Stacking Type Performance per Link Cable Type Lengths Module Type Supported Switch Type Stacki...

Page 6: ...h traffic is expected at peak to be more than approximately 7Gbps there should be serious consideration to implementing a smaller stack with a corresponding smaller intra stack bandwidth demand Figure 1 1 Stacking Multiple Switches in a Ring Topology 2 Terminology The following terms are used throughout this document and are defined here for clarification Stacking Stacking refers to a method of co...

Page 7: ...ggered if any of the following occurs The whole stack is reset The link status of the stacking connection changes The stack force discovery command is executed The following rules have been defined to determine which stack entity within a stack is elected as the Stack Master The Stack Master will be elected based on these rules in the order specified The switch entity that is currently the Stack M...

Page 8: ...tches are fully initialized the configuration synchronization will be started The following message will be shown on the console of the Stack Master if the synchronization is completed successfully Configuration restoration completed successfully The Supermicro Intelligent Switch does have an LED illuminated on all stack members The illumination patterns are shown below in Table 3 1 Switch Type LE...

Page 9: ...mited space available for LEDs the stacking identifier is displayed in binary form using these four stacking LEDs See Table 3 3 Stacking Identifier Stacking ID LED 4 Stacking ID LED 3 Stacking ID LED 2 Stacking ID LED 1 1 OFF OFF OFF ON 2 OFF OFF ON OFF 3 OFF OFF ON ON 4 OFF ON OFF OFF 5 OFF ON OFF ON 6 OFF ON ON OFF 7 OFF ON ON ON 8 ON OFF OFF OFF Table 3 3 LED Display for Stack ID SBM GEM X2C on...

Page 10: ...ole stack will be re initialized based on the backup copy of the configuration file stored in the new master Please be aware if the stack master changes the MAC address of the new stack master determines the new MAC address of the layer 3 interface However when the MAC persistent feature3 is enabled in the switch before it takes over the master role the newly elected master will continue to use th...

Page 11: ...nd reload the switch y n This example turns on stacking on the specified switch with Preferred Master priority and switch ID 1 and also assigns xg1 and xg2 as stacking ports To disable stacking on the specified switch just use the no stack CLI command After reboot the switch will be configured in standalone mode SMIS no stack After removing from stacking switch will be reloaded immediately Do you ...

Page 12: ...iled configurations are shown in below tables Stack ID 1 Priority Preferred Master PM Stacking Ports XG1 XG2 Table 5 1 Switch 1 Configuration Stack ID 2 Priority Backup Master BM Stacking Ports XG1 XG2 Table 5 2 Switch 2 Configuration Stack ID 3 Priority Preferred Slave PS Stacking Ports XG1 XG2 Table 5 3 Switch 3 Configuration Perform the following command for the switch 1 SMIS stack priority PM ...

Page 13: ...cable together all switches in a ring topology See Table 1 1 Supported models and accessories and then power up Switch 1 first to ensure that it becomes the Stack Master After Switch 1 comes up successfully next power up the switch which is adjacent to it Repeat this step until all switches are booted up After the entire stack is booted use the following command to verify the status of stack SMIS ...

Page 14: ... same cable to connect Switch 3 and Switch 4 See Figure 5 3 Plug a new cable to the stacking ports on Switch 1 and Switch 4 See Figure 5 4 Power up Switch 4 and use the show stack detail command to verify the specified switch is added into the running stack properly Switch ID 1 PM Switch ID 2 BM Switch ID 3 PS Switch ID 4 PS Figure 5 3 Cabling Switch 3 and Switch 4 Figure 5 4 Cabling Switch 1 and ...

Page 15: ... its members with the remaining cables Plug a new cable into the stacking ports on Switch 2 and Switch 3 The Master Election process occurs and Switch 1 wins the election because Switch 1 is the current master and has a lower MAC address than Switch 3 Switch ID 1 PM Master Switch ID 2 PS Switch ID 3 PM Master Switch ID 4 PS Figure 5 5 Before merging two separated stacks Figure 5 6 Remove redundant...

Page 16: ...nally connect Switch 1 and Switch 4 with a redundant stacking link to increase the resiliency of whole stack Switch ID 1 PM Master Switch ID 2 PS Switch ID 3 PM Switch ID 4 PS Figure 5 7 Merging two running stacks Figure 5 8 Cabling Switch 1 and Switch 4 in a ring topology Switch ID 1 PM Master Switch ID 2 PS Switch ID 3 PM Switch ID 4 PS ...

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