Remove switches one by one in Enterasys B5 Secure Stack
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‎03-01-2017 12:55 PM
I have a stack of 8 Enterasys B5 Switches in a "ring" stack. I am moving to X460G2s and have moved 3 of the bottom B5 switches to the 460 stack. So Switches 6-8 can be removed. Can I just "clear switch member 6-8" and then remove them from the stack? I know switch 5 is the management so i'll have to movemanagement... Anyway, I haven't taken a stack down like this before.. I am just migrating to the new stack slowly and need to decommission this stack, switch by switch.
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‎03-02-2017 04:17 PM
Clear switch member 8 after removing it from the stack... The stack stayed up for a while and then eventually something happened and it crashed. I've already broken down the stack and cleared the config on all of the switches..
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‎03-02-2017 04:02 PM
I am sorry to hear that. Would it be possible open a ticket with the show support, current.log file and any sys.dmp file that may have been created?
Also what steps did you use to decommission the unit?
Also what steps did you use to decommission the unit?
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‎03-02-2017 03:52 PM
Well, I started by disconnecting one switch from the stack (of 8 switches). After that, the switch stack stayed up for 2 hours, then crashed. When it came back up, only 2 of the stack members were there and the config was all but gone. It's okay, I just moved everything over to the new x460 stack sooner than I would have liked... So I didn't get to do all of the testing I wanted to do.
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‎03-02-2017 01:03 AM
To start, I would TFTP the configuration to a tftp server in case you need things like
port alias, Vlan's, policies etc.as mentioned above in step 2 above
The next step is up to you but personally i would run the command,
clear switch member 5
then disconnect the stacking cables(no need to power down
Connect a console to the switch
Login in(basically admin and enter (The switch - unknown to me, may have been a standalone unit and have been configured at one time, so the switch may have saved a few configurations from the past, so i would type dir, then look for any configurations such as
682011.cfg 131173
199-199.July-2016.cfg 16645
The command to use to delete the config 682011.cfg
delete configs/682011.cfg
Then repeat the command for the remaining configuration files.
Please note that if you connect the switch for some reason, the stack may reconfigure the unit
Jason
port alias, Vlan's, policies etc.as mentioned above in step 2 above
The next step is up to you but personally i would run the command,
clear switch member 5
then disconnect the stacking cables(no need to power down
Connect a console to the switch
Login in(basically admin and enter (The switch - unknown to me, may have been a standalone unit and have been configured at one time, so the switch may have saved a few configurations from the past, so i would type dir, then look for any configurations such as
682011.cfg 131173
199-199.July-2016.cfg 16645
The command to use to delete the config 682011.cfg
delete configs/682011.cfg
Then repeat the command for the remaining configuration files.
Please note that if you connect the switch for some reason, the stack may reconfigure the unit
Jason
