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PowerConnect B-Series FCX Configuration Guide 105
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Building an IronStack
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7. When the Active Controller has finished the authentication process, you will see output that
shows the suggested assigned stack IDs for each member. You can accept these
recommendations, or you can manually configure stack IDs. Enter the show stack command to
verify that all units are in the ready state.
PowerConnect# show stack
alone: standalone, D: dynamic config, S: static config
ID Type Role Mac Address Pri State Comment
1 S FCX624 active 00e0.5201.4000 128 local Ready
2 S FCX648 standby 001b.ed5e.c480 0 remote Ready
3 S FCX648 member 00e0.5205.0000 0 remote Ready
active standby
+---+ +---+ +---+
-2/1| 1 |3/1--2/1| 2 |3/1--2/2| 3 |2/1-
| +---+ +---+ +---+ |
| |
|-------------------------------------|
Current stack management MAC is 00e0.5201.4000
PowerConnect#
NOTE
For field descriptions for the show stack command, refer to “Displaying stack information” on
page 135.
8. Enter the write memory command on the Active Controller once all of the stack units are
active. This command initiates configuration synchronization, which copies the configuration
file of the Active Controller to the rest of the stack units.
NOTE
The secure-setup process may modify your configuration with information about new units,
stacking ports, etc. For this reason, it is very important to save this information by issuing the
write memory command. If you do not do this, you may lose your configuration information the
next time the stack reboots.
The secure-setup process for your stack is now complete.
NOTE
During the secure-setup process, after 1 minute of inactivity, authentication for stack members will
expire and you will need to restart the process.
Scenario 2 - Configuring a three-member IronStack
in a ring topology using the automatic setup process
PowerConnect B-Series FCX devices determine stacking port candidates through the default-port
setting. An PowerConnect B-Series FCX stackable device with the default port configuration is still
considered a clean unit. To ensure that the device remains a clean unit, do not do a write memory
on the device.
For more detailed information about configuring an FCX IronStack, see “Configuring an FCX
IronStack” on page 109.