Defining stacking, Stacking standby, Unit configuration – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Configuring System Information

Configuring Auto Configuring Using the CLI Commands

For information about the CLI commands that perform this function, see the following chapter in the

CLI Reference Guide

:

• Utility Commands

Defining Stacking

Use the Stacking menus to set the stacking characteristics of the device. The changes to these attributes

are applied only after the device is reset. System > Stacking in the tree view to display the Stacking page.

Use this page to go to the following features:

Stacking Standby
Unit Configuration
Stack Summary
Supported Switches
Stack Port Summary
Stack Port Counters
Stack Port Diagnostics

NOTE: The PowerConnect M8024 does not support stacking.

Stacking Standby

You can now select a unit in the stack to be the Standby switch. The unit configured as the Standby

switch becomes the stack manager if the current manager fails. To remove the selected unit as the

Standby switch, click Delete.

Unit Configuration

Use the Unit Configuration page to define general device parameters.
To display the Unit Configuration page, click System > Stacking > Unit Configuration in the tree

view.

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