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Issues stacking x440 and x460-G2. No connection on second switch

Issues stacking x440 and x460-G2. No connection on second switch

jveronese
New Contributor II

I have an X440 and an X460-G2. They are connected in a Ring Topology and seem to be successfully stacked after following the guide on Extreme’s site. However, only the switch that is the master (currently my X440) has connection. If I plug a computer into a port on the X460-G2 I get no link lights and no network connectivity. If I make the X460 the master the connection works, but all devices plugged into the X440 lose their connections. I can see both switches from my master, but can’t log in to the non-master switch as it just sits at AAA-pending. The only thing I can think of is that the X460 is on Edge Advanced license while the X440 is on Edge. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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jveronese
New Contributor II

Sorry for the delay. After wiping both switches back to defaults again I updated them to the latest XOS that the X440 can support. Then after redoing all the stacking commands it seems to be working now. Thank you for your help with this.

 

I have them in a stack as I am going to move my NAS and VM hosts to 10-gig using the SPF+ on the 460-G2, but use the X440 for most of my regular 1-gig connections as it has more ports.

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Miguel-Angel_RO
Valued Contributor II

jveronese,

As mentioned by Stefan and in the steps provided:

2-All nodes should run same sw version and be configured to boot from the same partition.

Mig
 

Stefan_K_
Valued Contributor

Hello,

the X440 is running 16.2.2.4 and the X460-G2 is running 15.7.1.4. I would de-stack them and update them on the same firmware (newest 16.x firmware).

Best regards
Stefan

jveronese
New Contributor II
Slot-1 Stack.35 # show switch

SysName:          Stack
SysLocation:      
SysContact:       support@extremenetworks.com, +1 888 257 3000
System MAC:       02:04:96:98:52:99
System Type:      X440-48p (Stack)

SysHealth check:  Enabled (Normal)
Recovery Mode:    All
System Watchdog:  Enabled

Current Time:     Tue Oct 27 11:25:02 2020
Timezone:         [Auto DST Disabled] GMT Offset: 0 minutes, name is UTC.       
Boot Time:        Sun Oct 25 17:49:58 2020                                      
Boot Count:       32                                                            
Next Reboot:      None scheduled                                                
System UpTime:    1 day 17 hours 35 minutes 4 seconds                           
                                                                                
Slot:             Slot-1 *                     No Backup                        
                  ------------------------     ------------------------         
Current State:    MASTER                                                        
                                                                                
Image Selected:   primary                                                       
Image Booted:     primary                                                       
Primary ver:      16.2.2.4                                                      
Secondary ver:    16.2.2.4                                                      
                                                                                
Config Selected:  primary.cfg                                                   
Config Booted:    primary.cfg                                                   
                                                                                
primary.cfg       Created by ExtremeXOS version 16.2.2.4                        
                  269150 bytes saved on Sat Oct 24 15:10:04 2020 
Slot-1 Stack.36 # show version                                                  
Slot-1 : 800474-00-17 1423N-40404 Rev 17.0 BootROM: 2.0.2.3 IMG: 16.2.2
Slot-2 : N/A(0) N/A(0) Rev 0.0 BootROM: unknown

Slot-3 :
Slot-4 :
Slot-5 :
Slot-6 :
Slot-7 :
Slot-8 :

Image : ExtremeXOS version 16.2.2.4 by release-manager
on Thu Dec 15 08:56:50 EST 2016
BootROM : 2.0.2.3
Diagnostics : 6.4
Slot-1 Stack.37 #
Slot-1 Stack.37 # show stacking                                                 
Stack Topology is a Ring
Active Topology is a Ring
Node MAC Address Slot Stack State Role Flags
------------------ ---- ----------- ------- ---
*00:04:96:98:52:99 1 Active Master CA-
00:04:96:99:1a:78 2 Active <none> CA-
* - Indicates this node
Flags: (C) Candidate for this active topology, (A) Active Node
(O) node may be in Other active topology
Slot-1 Stack.39 # show stacking configuration
Stack MAC in use: 02:04:96:98:52:99
Node Slot Alternate Alternate
MAC Address Cfg Cur Prio Mgmt IP / Mask Gateway Flags Lic
------------------ --- --- ---- ------------------ --------------- --------- ---
*00:04:96:98:52:99 1 1 Auto <none> <none> CcEeMm-Nn --
00:04:96:99:1a:78 2 2 Auto <none> <none> --EeMm-Nn --
* - Indicates this node
Flags: (C) master-Capable in use, (c) master-capable is configured,
(E) Stacking is currently Enabled, (e) Stacking is configured Enabled,
(M) Stack MAC in use, (m) Stack MACs configured and in use are the same,
(i) Stack MACs configured and in use are not the same or unknown,
(N) Enhanced protocol is in use, (n) Enhanced protocol is configured,
(-) Not in use or not configured
License level restrictions: (C) Core, (A) Advanced edge, or (E) Edge in use,
(c) Core, (a) Advanced edge, or (e) Edge configured,
(-) Not in use or not configured
Slot-1 Stack.39 #

Here is the output from my master switch with those commands. Here it is from the second switch as well

* Slot-2 Stack.2 > show switch                                                                           

SysName: Stack
SysLocation:
SysContact: support@extremenetworks.com, +1 888 257 3000
System MAC: 02:04:96:98:52:99
System Type: X460G2-24t-10G4 (Stack)

SysHealth check: Enabled (Normal)
Recovery Mode: All
System Watchdog: Enabled

Current Time: Tue Oct 27 06:42:18 2020
Timezone: [Auto DST Disabled] GMT Offset: 0 minutes, name is UTC.
Boot Time: Sun Oct 25 13:03:41 2020
Boot Count: 34
Next Reboot: None scheduled
System UpTime: 1 day 17 hours 38 minutes 36 seconds

Slot: Slot-2 * Slot-1
------------------------ ------------------------
Current State: FAIL (Incompatible XOS) MASTER

Image Selected: primary
Image Booted: primary
Primary ver: 15.7.1.4
patch1-2
Secondary ver: 15.7.1.4

Config Selected:
Config Booted:

primary.cfg Created by ExtremeXOS version 15.7.1.4
183311 bytes saved on Sat Oct 24 09:40:29 2020
* Slot-2 Stack.3 > show version                                                                          
Slot-1 : N/A(0) N/A(0) Rev 0.0
Slot-2 : 800549-00-04 1510N-41892 Rev 4.0 BootROM: 1.0.2.1 IMG: 15.7.1.4
Slot-3 :
Slot-4 :
Slot-5 :
Slot-6 :
Slot-7 :
Slot-8 :

Image : ExtremeXOS version 15.7.1.4 v1571b4-patch1-2 by release-manager
on Fri May 1 15:16:42 EDT 2015
BootROM : 1.0.2.1
Diagnostics : 2.1
* Slot-2 Stack.4 >
* Slot-2 Stack.4 > show stacking                                                                         
Stack Topology is a Ring
Active Topology is a Ring
Node MAC Address Slot Stack State Role Flags
------------------ ---- ----------- ------- ---
*00:04:96:99:1a:78 2 Active <none> CA-
00:04:96:98:52:99 1 Active Master CA-
* - Indicates this node
Flags: (C) Candidate for this active topology, (A) Active Node
(O) node may be in Other active topology
 Slot-2 Stack.6 > show stacking configuration
Stack MAC in use: <unknown>
Node Slot Alternate Alternate
MAC Address Cfg Cur Prio Mgmt IP / Mask Gateway Flags Lic
------------------ --- --- ---- ------------------ --------------- --------- ---
*00:04:96:99:1a:78 2 2 Auto <none> <none> --Ee--iNn --
00:04:96:98:52:99 1 1 Auto <none> <none> CcEe--iNn --
* - Indicates this node
Flags: (C) master-Capable in use, (c) master-capable is configured,
(E) Stacking is currently Enabled, (e) Stacking is configured Enabled,
(M) Stack MAC in use, (m) Stack MACs configured and in use are the same,
(i) Stack MACs configured and in use are not the same or unknown,
(N) Enhanced protocol is in use, (n) Enhanced protocol is configured,
(-) Not in use or not configured
License level restrictions: (C) Core, (A) Advanced edge, or (E) Edge in use,
(c) Core, (a) Advanced edge, or (e) Edge configured,
(-) Not in use or not configured
* Slot-2 Stack.7 >

 

Stefan_K_
Valued Contributor

Oh, cool!

In this case the outputs of the following commands would be good to know.

show switch
show version
show stacking
show stacking configuration

 

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