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RUCKUS FastIron Stacking Configuration Guide, 10.0.20 53-1005813-04

  • 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 New in this Document
    • 4.2 Supported Hardware
  • 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
    • 9.5 Ports Available for Breakout
    • 9.6 Stack Unit Priority Recommendations
  • 10 Stacking by Device
    • 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
    • 10.7 ICX 8200 Stack Configuration Overview
      • 10.7.1 ICX 8200 Stacking Topologies
      • 10.7.2 ICX 8200 Configuration Notes
      • 10.7.3 Converting from Stacking to Data Uplink on ICX 8200 Module 2
  • 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

Hitless Stacking

In this section:

  1. Hitless Stacking Overview
  2. Hitless Stacking Behavior
  3. Supported Hitless Stacking Events
  4. Non-supported Hitless Stacking Events
  5. Supported Hitless Stacking Protocols and Services
  6. Hitless Stacking Configuration Notes and Feature Limitations
  7. What Happens During a Hitless Stacking Switchover or Failover
  8. Standby Controller Role in Hitless Stacking
  9. Support During Stack Formation, Stack Merge, and Stack Split
  10. Hitless Stacking Failover
  11. Hitless Stacking Switchover
  12. Displaying Information About Hitless Stacking
  13. Syslog Messages for Hitless Stacking Failover and Switchover

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