Newb Stacking question

[David_Gardner]

Hi all,
I have a question regarding stacking. We purchased 3 X450e-48p switches off of EBay, and I want to stack them. I found an article indicating that all of the switches had to be the same license level, EXOS Version and Active Partition. Two of the three are at the same license level (Advanced Edge) and are running the same EXOS version - in the active partition anyway, the third license level is Edge, and its running a newer EXOS version. Will they still stack? If not, can i copy the EXOS firmware from one to the other? If so, how?
Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,

David

[David_Gardner]

Downgrading the license on the 2 and rebooting the stack made it all come up operational. Thank you everyone for your assistance.

[David_Gardner]

Results after rebooting stack:

Slot-1 Stack.8 # show stacking
Stack Topology is a Ring
Active Topology is a Ring
Node MAC Address Slot Stack State Role Flags
------------------ ---- ----------- ------- ---
*00:04:96:36:ba:48 1 Active Master CA-
00:04:96:51:da:52 2 Active Backup CA-
00:04:96:36:1f:fe 3 Active 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.7 # show stacking configuration
Stack MAC in use: 02:04:96:36:ba:48
Node Slot Alternate Alternate
MAC Address Cfg Cur Prio Mgmt IP / Mask Gateway Flags Lic

------------------ --- --- ---- ------------------ --------------- --------- ---

*00:04:96:36:ba:48 1 1 Auto CcEeMm--- --
00:04:96:51:da:52 2 2 Auto CcEeMm--- --
00:04:96:36:1f:fe 3 3 Auto --EeMm--- --
* - 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.9 # show slot
Slots Type Configured State Ports
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Slot-1 X450e-48p Operational 50
Slot-2 X450e-48p Operational 50
Slot-3 X450e-48p Failed 50
Slot-4 Empty 0
Slot-5 Empty 0
Slot-6 Empty 0
Slot-7 Empty 0
Slot-8 Empty 0

Slot-1 Stack.10 # show slot 3

Slot-3 information:
State: Failed
Download %: 0
Last Error: License Mismatch
Restart count: 1 (limit 5)
Serial number: N/A(0) N/A(0)
Hw Module Type: X450e-48p
Configured Type:
Ports available: 50
Recovery Mode: Reset
Node MAC: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Current State: FAIL (License Mismatch)
Image Selected:
Image Booted:
Primary ver:
Secondary ver:
Config Selected: NONE

Is there any potential pitfalls in downgrading the license on the other two switches, or will this likely solve my problem?

[Patrick_Voss]

That is interesting. It looks like slot 3 is active in the stack (without a role) but missing in the "show slot" output. Was slot 3 removed at any point while grabbing these outputs? Can you trey rebooting the entire stack?

There is a way to downgrade the license for the entire stack to edge using the command:

"configure stacking slot license-level edge"

[David_Gardner]

Any thoughts on what to do next? If I can't upgrade the license level on the one switch, can I downgrade the other two to just "Edge"? If that would make creating a stack easier, then I am okay with that, Just need to know how.