Document Outline

• Contents
• Preface
  • Document conventions
    • Text formatting conventions
    • Command syntax conventions
    • Notes, cautions, and warnings
  • Brocade resources
  • Getting technical help
  • Document feedback
• About This Guide
  • Introduction
    • Supported hardware
  • What’s new in this document
  • Related publications
  • How command information is presented in this guide
• Traditional Stacking
  • Supported traditional stacking features
  • Traditional stacking overview
    • Traditional stacking features
    • Brocade stackable models
      • FCX devices
      • ICX devices
    • Brocade traditional stacking terminology
      • Stack unit roles
      • General traditional stacking terminology
  • Supported traditional stacking topologies
    • Brocade traditional stacking topologies
      • FCX stack topologies
      • ICX 6610 stacking for different topologies
  • Connecting ICX 6450 and ICX 6430 devices in a traditional stack
    • Connecting ICX 6450 devices in a stack
    • Configuring a 10-Gbps port for a 1-Gbps uplink
    • Connecting ICX 6430 devices in a stack
    • Trunking configuration considerations for ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 devices
      • ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 stack topologies
    • Software requirements
    • Traditional stack construction methods
      • Traditional stacking configuration notes
    • Scenario 1 - Three-member traditional stack in a ring topology using secure-setup
      • Configuring a three-member traditional stack in a ring topology using secure-setup
    • Scenario 2 - Three-member traditional stack in a ring topology using the automatic setup process
      • Configuring a three-member traditional stack in a ring topology using the automatic setup process
      • Configuration tips for building a stack using the automatic setup process
    • Scenario 3 - Three-member traditional stack in a ring topology using the manual configuration process
  • Extended distance stacking
    • Connectivity options for stacking with FCX and ICX Series devices
  • FCX traditional stack configuration
    • Configuring FCX stacking ports
      • Changing FCX-S and FCXS-F CX4 ports from 16 Gbps to 10 Gbps
      • Changing FCX-S and FCXS-F CX4 ports from 10 Gbps to 16 Gbps
      • Configuring default ports on FCX devices
      • Changing default stacking port configurations
      • Using secure-setup to build an FCX traditional stack
    • Configuring a default stacking port to function as a data port
  • Configuring an ICX 6610 traditional stack
    • ICX 6610 trunked stacking ports configuration
    • Configuration notes for ICX 6610 stack topologies
    • Periodic background stack diagnosis for ICX 6610 devices
      • Manually triggering stack diagnosis
    • Stack port resiliency in ICX 6610 devices
      • Configuring stack port resiliency in the ICX 6610
      • Syslog messages for stack port resiliency
    • PHY calibration errors in stack ports of the ICX 6610
      • Syslog messages for PHY calibration
  • Configuring an ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 traditional stack
    • Configuring ICX 6430 or ICX 6450 trunked stacking ports
    • Configuring ICX 6430 or ICX 6450 multi-trunked stacking ports
      • Displaying multi-trunked stacking configuration
    • Periodic background stack diagnosis for ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 devices
      • Manually triggering stack diagnosis
    • Error messages encountered during the configuration of an ICX 6430 or ICX 6450 traditional stack
  • Verifying a traditional stack configuration
  • Brocade traditional stack management
    • Logging in through the CLI
    • Logging in through the console port
    • Traditional stack management MAC address
      • Manually allocating the traditional stack MAC address
    • Removing MAC address entries
      • Traditional stack unit identification
      • Traditional stack unit priority
    • CLI command syntax for stack units
    • Traditional stack CLI commands
      • Enabling the stacking mode
    • Important notes about stacking images
      • Converting from a pre-stacking image to a stacking image
      • Encountering a problem after upgrading and reloading the software
      • Confirming traditional stack software versions
    • Copying the flash image to a stack unit from the active controller
    • Reloading a stack unit
    • Controlling stack topology
    • Managing traditional stack partitioning
      • Merging traditional stacks
    • MIB support for the traditional stack
    • Persistent MAC address for the traditional stack
    • Unconfiguring a traditional stack
    • Displaying traditional stack information
      • Displaying traditional stack flash information
      • Displaying traditional stack memory information
      • Displaying traditional stack chassis information
      • Displaying stack module information
      • Displaying stack resource information
      • Displaying stack information
      • Displaying stack flash information
      • Displaying reliable IPC statistics for stack units
      • Displaying IPC statistics for a specific stack unit
      • Displaying stack neighbors information
      • Displaying stack port information
      • Displaying running configuration information
      • Displaying configured stacking ports
      • Displaying software version information
      • Displaying stacking port interface information
      • Displaying stacking port statistics
      • Displaying stacking topology
    • Adding, removing, or replacing units in a traditional stack
      • Installing a new unit in a traditional stack using secure-setup
      • Installing a new unit using static configuration
      • Removing a unit from a traditional stack
      • Replacing traditional stack units (unit replacement)
      • Moving a unit to another stack
      • Removing an active controller from a powered stack
    • Renumbering stack units
      • Configuration notes for renumbering stack units
    • Syslog, SNMP, and traps for stack units
      • Configuring SNMP for a traditional stack
      • SNMP engine IDs for stackable devices
  • Traditional stack troubleshooting
    • Troubleshooting an unsuccessful stack build
    • Troubleshooting a stacking upgrade
    • Troubleshooting image copy issues
  • Stack mismatches
  • Image mismatches
    • Advanced feature privileges
      • Major mismatch for stack units
      • Minor mismatch for stack units
    • Configuration mismatch for stack units
    • Auto Image Copy for stack units
      • Auto Image Copy limitations
      • Disabling Auto Image Copy
      • Verifying Auto Image Copy
    • Memory allocation failure
    • Recovering from a stack unit configuration mismatch
    • Troubleshooting secure-setup
    • Troubleshooting unit replacement issues
  • More about traditional stack technology
    • Configuration, startup configuration files, and stacking flash
    • Traditional stack topologies
    • Port down and aging
    • Traditional stack device roles and elections
      • Active controller
      • Standby controller
      • Bootup role
      • Active controller and standby controller elections
      • Active controller and standby controller resets
      • Selecting a standby stack unit
      • Standby controller election criteria
  • Hitless stacking
    • Supported hitless stacking events
    • Non-supported hitless stacking events
    • Supported hitless stacking protocols and services
    • Hitless stacking configuration notes and feature limitations
    • What happens during a hitless stacking switchover or failover
      • Real-time synchronization among all units in a stack
    • Standby controller role in hitless stacking
      • Standby controller election
      • Runtime configuration mismatch
    • Support during stack formation, stack merge, and stack split
    • Hitless stacking default behavior
      • Enabling hitless stacking
      • Displaying hitless stacking status
      • Displaying pending device roles
    • Hitless stacking failover
      • Enabling hitless stacking failover
      • Hitless stacking failover example
    • Hitless stacking switchover
      • Executing a hitless stacking switchover
      • Hitless stacking switchover examples
    • Displaying information about hitless stacking
    • Displaying information about stack failover
    • Displaying information about link synchronization status
    • Syslog messages for hitless stacking failover and switchover
  • Syslog messages
• Mixed Stacking
  • Supported mixed stacking features
  • Mixed stacking overview
    • Mixed stacking devices
    • Mixed stacking topologies
    • Additional topology support for mixed stacking
    • Mixed stacking terms
    • Mixed stacking software image requirements
    • Mixed stacking configuration prerequisites
  • Configuring basic mixed stacking
    • Configuring a mixed stack using secure-setup
    • Configuring a mixed stack using automatic configuration
      • Automatically configuring a standby controller device in a mixed stack
      • Automatically configuring peripheral devices in a mixed stack
    • Configuring a mixed stack using manual configuration
      • Manually configuring a standby controller device in a mixed stack
      • Manually configuring peripheral devices in a mixed stack
  • Basic mixed stacking configuration examples
    • Configuration example for mixed stacking using automatic configuration
    • Configuration example for mixed stacking using manual configuration
    • Configuration verification example for a stacking star topology
  • Configuring advanced mixed stacking
    • Specifying a TFTP server for Autocopy
      • How Autocopy works
    • Recovering a pre-stacking configuration on peripheral devices
• Stacking Commands
  • connect
  • multi-peri-port
  • multi-peri-trunk
  • multi-stack-port
  • multi-stack-trunk
  • peri-port
  • peri-trunk
  • show chassis
  • show hardware mac-entry
  • stack suggested-id
  • stack unconfigure
  • tftp-server
  • stack stack-port-resiliency