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]

Slot-1 Stack.1 # 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.2 #

Slot-1 Stack.3 # 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--- --
* - 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.3 #

Slot-1 Stack.3 # show slot
Slots Type Configured State Ports
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Slot-1 X450e-48p Operational 50
Slot-2 X450e-48p Operational 50
Slot-3 X450e-48p Empty 50
Slot-4 Empty 0
Slot-5 Empty 0
Slot-6 Empty 0
Slot-7 Empty 0
Slot-8 Empty 0

Slot-1 Stack.4 #

[Patrick_Voss]

Can you send:

"show stacking"
"show stacking configuration"
"show slot"

From the master in the stack.

[David_Gardner]

It's also missing a bunch of info when I run Show Slot 3 - Download % is 0, S/N is blank, Node MAC is all 00
Image selected, primary and secondary version all blank as well.

[David_Gardner]

Brad,
Did as you instructed, now the Management LED is flashing amber and slot 3 State is "Present" instead of "operational" and Current State is Fail: License Mismatch

David

[BradP]

Hi David,

Run a "show stacking" and then grab the mac address for node 3. Then run the command "configure stacking node-address master-capability off" then "reboot node-address " this will force the slot 3 unit to turn off master capability. It should then join the stack.

The X450e isn't compatible with anything above EXOS 15.3, so not able to upgrade.

Thanks
Brad