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RUCKUS FastIron Stacking Configuration Guide, 09.0.10 53-1005728-05

  • 1 CommScope Legal Statements
  • Preface Ruckus
    • 3 Contact Information, Resources, and Conventions
      • 3.1 Contacting RUCKUS Customer Services and Support
      • 3.2 Document Feedback
      • 3.3 RUCKUS Product Documentation Resources
      • 3.4 Online Training Resources
      • 3.5 Document Conventions
      • 3.6 Command Syntax Conventions
  • 4 About This Guide
    • 4.1 Supported Hardware
    • 4.2 New in this Document
  • 5 Stacking Overview
    • 5.1 Stacking
    • 5.2 Ruckus Stackable Models
    • 5.3 Stacking Terminology
  • 6 Changes to Stacking in FastIron Releases 08.0.95c and 09.0.00
    • 6.1 Allow Zero Stack-Ports
  • 7 Planning to Build a Stack
    • 7.1 Planning a Stack
      • 7.1.1 Ruckus Stacking Topologies
      • 7.1.2 FastIron Stacking Ports and Bandwidth
        • 7.1.2.1 Long-Distance Stacking Ports
        • 7.1.2.2 Displaying Information on Supported Distances
    • 7.2 Stacking Configuration Guidelines
  • 8 Building a Stack
    • 8.1 Stack Construction Methods
      • 8.1.1 ID Assignment for New Units
      • 8.1.2 The Stack Interactive-setup Utility
      • 8.1.3 Scenario 1 - Using Stack Interactive-setup to Create a Stack
        • 8.1.3.1 Auto-trunking New Links or Converting a Linear Stack to a Ring with Stack Interactive-setup
        • 8.1.3.2 Changing Stack Unit IDs with Stack Interactive-setup
      • 8.1.4 Scenario 2 - Using Zero-touch Provisioning to Configure a Stack
        • 8.1.4.1 Zero-touch Provisioning Example of New Link and New Unit Discovery
      • 8.1.5 Scenario 3 - Manually Configuring a Three-member Stack in a Ring Topology
    • 8.2 Configuring Two-unit Stack Linear-topology Trunks
      • 8.2.1 Building a Two-unit Linear-topology Trunk Manually
      • 8.2.2 Building a Two-unit Stack with a Linear-topology Trunk Using Stack Interactive-setup
      • 8.2.3 Creating a Two-unit Linear-topology Stack Using Stack Zero-touch Provisioning
      • 8.2.4 Changing a Live Two-unit Stack to a Linear-topology Trunk
      • 8.2.5 Changing a Live Linear-topology Trunk to a Ring
    • 8.3 Verifying a Stack Configuration
    • 8.4 Displaying Information on Stack Connections
  • 9 Stacking Deployment Guidelines
    • 9.1 Stacking Deployment Introduction
    • 9.2 Constructing a New Stack from Scratch or Adding New Units to a Stack
    • 9.3 Replacing Stack Units
    • 9.4 Adding New Links between Existing Stack Units
  • 10 Stacking by Device
    • 10.1 ICX 7150 Stack Configuration Overview
      • 10.1.1 ICX 7150 Stacking Ports
      • 10.1.2 ICX 7150 Stacking Topologies
      • 10.1.3 ICX 7150 Configuration Notes
      • 10.1.4 ICX 7150 Stacking Trunks
        • 10.1.4.1 Creating ICX 7150 Stacking Trunks While the Link Is Down
        • 10.1.4.2 Creating ICX 7150 Stacking Trunks on a Live System
      • 10.1.5 Converting Stacking Ports to Data Ports on ICX 7150 Devices
    • 10.2 ICX 7250 Stack Configuration Overview
      • 10.2.1 ICX 7250 Stacking Topologies
      • 10.2.2 ICX 7250 Stacking Configuration Notes
      • 10.2.3 Reconfiguring ICX 7250 1-Gbps Ports as 10-Gbps Ports
      • 10.2.4 ICX 7250 Trunk Configuration
    • 10.3 ICX 7450 Stack Configuration Overview
      • 10.3.1 ICX 7450 Stacking Topologies
      • 10.3.2 ICX 7450 Stacking Configuration Notes
      • 10.3.3 Configuring 10-Gbps Stacking Ports on ICX 7450 Devices
        • 10.3.3.1 Converting ICX 7450 Slot 2 Ports for MACsec or Stacking
      • 10.3.4 Creating Stacking Trunks on ICX 7450 Devices
    • 10.4 ICX 7550 Stack Configuration Overview
      • 10.4.1 ICX 7550 Stacking Topologies
      • 10.4.2 ICX 7550 Stacking Configuration Notes
      • 10.4.3 ICX 7550 Module 2 Stacking and Uplink Options
      • 10.4.4 ICX 7550 Module 2 Profile Compatibility with Module 3
      • 10.4.5 ICX 7550 Module 2 Port Summary
      • 10.4.6 Differences between Stack 100G and Data Link 100G Modes on ICX 7550 Devices
      • 10.4.7 ICX 7550 show stack Command Displays Local Unit Capability
      • 10.4.8 Considerations for Converting ICX 7550 Module 2 from Stacking to Data Uplink
      • 10.4.9 Converting from Stacking to Data Uplink on ICX 7550 Module 2
      • 10.4.10 Converting from Module 2 Data Uplink to Stacking Mode on an ICX 7550 Device
    • 10.5 ICX 7650 Stack Configuration Overview
      • 10.5.1 ICX 7650 Stacking Ports
      • 10.5.2 ICX 7650 Stacking Topologies
      • 10.5.3 ICX 7650 Configuration Notes
      • 10.5.4 ICX 7650 Rear-module Options
        • 10.5.4.1 Changing ICX 7650 Stacking Speed
        • 10.5.4.2 Converting Stacking Ports to Data Uplink Ports
        • 10.5.4.3 Converting Data Uplink Ports to Stacking Ports
      • 10.5.5 Forming an ICX 7650 Stack
        • 10.5.5.1 Configuring an ICX 7650 Trunk Manually on a Non-production System
        • 10.5.5.2 Configuring an ICX 7650 Stacking Trunk on a Live System
        • 10.5.5.3 Removing an ICX 7650 Trunk on a Live System
        • 10.5.5.4 Resolving Module 2 Mismatches in an ICX 7650 Stack
    • 10.6 ICX 7850 Stack Configuration Overview
      • 10.6.1 ICX 7850 Stacking Topologies
      • 10.6.2 ICX 7850 Configuration Notes
      • 10.6.3 Creating a Two-unit ICX 7850 Stack with a Linear-topology Trunk Using Stack Interactive-setup
      • 10.6.4 Using Stack Zero-touch Provisioning to Create a Two-unit ICX 7850 Stack with a Ring Topology
      • 10.6.5 Creating a Linear-topology Trunk on a Two-unit ICX 7850 Stack in a Live Environment
      • 10.6.6 Manually Creating a Two-unit ICX 7850 Stack with a Ring Topology
  • 11 Hitless Stacking
    • 11.1 Hitless Stacking Overview
    • 11.2 Hitless Stacking Behavior
    • 11.3 Supported Hitless Stacking Events
    • 11.4 Non-supported Hitless Stacking Events
    • 11.5 Supported Hitless Stacking Protocols and Services
    • 11.6 Hitless Stacking Configuration Notes and Feature Limitations
    • 11.7 What Happens During a Hitless Stacking Switchover or Failover
      • 11.7.1 Real-time Synchronization Among All Units in a Stack
    • 11.8 Standby Controller Role in Hitless Stacking
      • 11.8.1 Standby Controller Election
      • 11.8.2 Runtime Configuration Mismatch
    • 11.9 Support During Stack Formation, Stack Merge, and Stack Split
    • 11.10 Hitless Stacking Failover
      • 11.10.1 Enabling Hitless Stacking Failover
      • 11.10.2 Hitless Stacking Failover Example
    • 11.11 Hitless Stacking Switchover
      • 11.11.1 Executing a Hitless Stacking Switchover
      • 11.11.2 Hitless Stacking Switchover Examples
    • 11.12 Displaying Information About Hitless Stacking
      • 11.12.1 Displaying Information About Stack Failover
      • 11.12.2 Displaying Hitless Stacking Status
      • 11.12.3 Displaying Pending Device Roles
    • 11.13 Syslog Messages for Hitless Stacking Failover and Switchover
  • 12 Stack Management
    • 12.1 Managing a Stack through One IP Address
    • 12.2 Enabling or Disabling Stacking Mode
    • 12.3 Controlling the Stack through the CLI
      • 12.3.1 Logging in through the Console Port
      • 12.3.2 CLI Command Syntax for Stack Units
    • 12.4 Stack Unit Identification
    • 12.5 Naming a Stack Unit
    • 12.6 Stack Management MAC Address
      • 12.6.1 Manually Allocating the Stack MAC Address
    • 12.7 Stack Device Roles and Elections
      • 12.7.1 Active Controller and Standby Controller Elections
      • 12.7.2 Active Controller and Standby Controller Resets
      • 12.7.3 Standby Controller Selection Based on Priority Configuration
      • 12.7.4 Standby Controller Election Criteria
    • 12.8 Stack Unit Priority
    • 12.9 Stack Software Images
      • 12.9.1 Confirming Stack Software Versions
    • 12.10 Stack Mismatches
      • 12.10.1 Advanced Feature Privilege Mismatch
      • 12.10.2 Minor Mismatch for Stack Units
      • 12.10.3 Major Mismatch for Stack Units
      • 12.10.4 Configuration Mismatch for Stack Units
        • 12.10.4.1 Recovering from a Stack Unit Configuration Mismatch
      • 12.10.5 Memory Allocation Failure
      • 12.10.6 Auto Image Copy for Stack Units
        • 12.10.6.1 Auto Image Copy Limitations
        • 12.10.6.2 Verifying Auto Image Copy
        • 12.10.6.3 Disabling Auto Image Copy
      • 12.10.7 Copying the Flash Image to a Stack Unit from the Active Controller
    • 12.11 Configuring Stacking Ports or Trunks in a Live System
    • 12.12 Configuring Stacking Trunks in a Live Environment
      • 12.12.1 Displaying Multi-trunk Stacking Configuration
      • 12.12.2 Error Messages Encountered when Configuring a Stacking Trunk
    • 12.13 Configuring Stacking Ports in a Live Environment
    • 12.14 Adding, Removing, or Replacing Units in a Stack
      • 12.14.1 Installing a New Unit in a Stack Using Stack Interactive-setup
      • 12.14.2 Removing a Unit from a Stack
      • 12.14.3 Stack Unit Replacement
        • 12.14.3.1 Replacing a stack unit automatically with a clean unit
        • 12.14.3.2 Replacing a Stack Unit with stack interactive-setup
      • 12.14.4 Moving a Unit to Another Stack
      • 12.14.5 Removing an Active Controller from a Powered Stack
    • 12.15 Reloading a Stack Unit
    • 12.16 Managing Stack Partitioning
    • 12.17 Merging Stacks
    • 12.18 Unconfiguring a Stack
    • 12.19 Syslog, SNMP, and Traps for Stack Units
      • 12.19.1 Configuring SNMP for a Stack
      • 12.19.2 SNMP Engine IDs for Stackable Devices
    • 12.20 Displaying Stack Information
      • 12.20.1 Displaying Stacking Topology
      • 12.20.2 Displaying Running Configuration Information
        • 12.20.2.1 How the show running-config Command Displays Configured Stacking Ports
      • 12.20.3 Displaying Software Version Information
      • 12.20.4 Displaying Stack Flash Information
      • 12.20.5 Displaying Stack Memory Information
      • 12.20.6 Displaying Stack Chassis Information
      • 12.20.7 Displaying Stack Module Information
      • 12.20.8 Displaying General or Detailed Information about Stack Members
      • 12.20.9 Displaying Information about Stack Neighbors
      • 12.20.10 Displaying Stack Port Information
      • 12.20.11 Displaying Stacking Port Statistics
      • 12.20.12 Displaying Stacking Port Interface Information
      • 12.20.13 Displaying IPC Statistics for a Stack
      • 12.20.14 Displaying Reliable IPC Statistics for Stack Units
      • 12.20.15 Displaying Information on Stack Zero-touch Configuration
      • 12.20.16 Displaying Stacking Process Information Stored in Log Manager
    • 12.21 MIB Support for ICX Stack Configurations
  • 13 ICX Stack Troubleshooting
    • 13.1 Problems Commonly Diagnosed with Stack Formation
    • 13.2 Manually Triggering Stack Diagnosis
    • 13.3 Troubleshooting an Unsuccessful Stack Build
    • 13.4 Troubleshooting Stack Interactive-setup
    • 13.5 Troubleshooting Unit Replacement Issues
    • 13.6 Checking Hardware after an Upgrade Failure
    • 13.7 Troubleshooting image copy Issues
    • 13.8 Configuration, Startup Configuration Files, and Stacking Flash
    • 13.9 Stacking Unit Role Transition Considerations
    • 13.10 Port Down and Aging

Planning to Build a Stack

In this section:

  1. Planning a Stack
  2. Stacking Configuration Guidelines

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