DELL S50V User Manual

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Stacking S-Series Switches

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To display the status of the stacking ports, including the topology:

Figure 50-9

shows a daisy-chain topology.

Figure 50-10

shows the same stack converted to a ring by

connecting stack-port 2/51 to 0/51; you may rearrange the stacking cables without triggering a unit reset,
so long as the stack manager is never disconnected from the stack.

Figure 50-9. Displaying the S-Series Stacking Topology

Figure 50-10. Displaying the S-Series Stacking Topology

Stacking Cable Redundancy

You can connect two units with two stacking cables as shown in, in case of a stacking port, module, or
cable failure. Removal of only one of the cables does not trigger a reset.

Task

Command Syntax

Command Mode

Display the stacking ports.

show system stack-ports

EXEC Privilege

Stack#show system stack-ports

Topology: Daisy chain

Interface Connection Link Speed Admin Link Trunk

(Gb/s) Status Status Group

------------------------------------------------------------------

0/51 12 up down

0/52 1/50 12 up up

1/49 2/52 12 up up

1/50 0/52 12 up up

2/51 12 up down

2/52 1/49 12 up up

FTOS#show system stack-ports

Topology: Ring