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Configuring stack ports
On the master device, configure ports that connect to slave devices as stack ports.
Follow the steps below to configure stack ports:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Configure the specified ports as
stack ports
stack
stack-port
stack-port-num
port
interface-list
Required
By default, a port is not a stack
port.
Creating a stack
After you execute the
stack role master
command on a stack-capable device, the device becomes the
master device of a stack and automatically adds the devices connected with its stack ports to the stack.
Follow the steps below to create a stack:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Create a stack
stack role master
Required
NOTE:
After you configure a device as the master device of a stack, the prompt changes to
<stack_0.Sysname>, where Sysname is the system name of the device.
Configuring stack ports of a slave device
You need to configure stack ports to add a slave device to the stack.
The ports of a slave device that connect to other stack devices need to be configured as stack ports.
Follow the steps below to configure stack ports:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Configure the specified ports as
stack ports
stack
stack-port
stack-port-num
port
interface-list
Required
By default, a port is not a stack
port.
NOTE:
After a device joins a stack and becomes a slave device of the stack, the prompt changes to
<stack_n.Sysname>, where n is the stack number assigned by the master device, and Sysname is the
system name of the device.