Hi, I will tell you the procedure I did and it worked. Replace stacked slave switch (with two switches) 1- Turn off the slave switch2 - Disconnect the stacked cables3 - Disconnect the network cables or move to another switch in the stack (This can cause serious damage, if you keep it powered up and turn on the replaced switch even with the stacked cables disconnected!!!)4 - Keep the same firmware version or update to the same version of the stack (If you don't want to do this via WebGui, you need to connect this switch to a computer outside the environment and do the upgrade or downgrade procedure. I don't have to connect anyway current network or use the current environment, you will lose access!)5 - Don't worry about the configurations that are in the new switch, when it is inserted in the stack the master switch will push all the global configurations (vlan, sppanin-tree and port-channel) and it will import the configurations of the switch ports that you removed for this now.6 - Enable the switch ports you will use for stacked7 - Turn off the new switch8 - Connect the stacked cables9 - Turn on the switch10 - Note that the stack master switch will show some characters on the console and that's it!11 - Note that the swtich replace you will not be able to connect via console cable to it now. PS: There is a difference between REMOVE a switch or REPLACE switch. If you only need REPLACE, you only need to execute the PHYSICAL procedure, no LOGICAL procedure is necessary with the exception of the initial part of the configuration of the ports that you will use in the REPLACE switch that need to be configured and the firmware, NOTHING ELSE! PS1: Do not run any switch removal command or remove the switch you are going to replace. NO! NO! Do not do this! If you do, you will lose all port settings from the switch you are replacing. PS2: Remember that all the global settings mentioned above and also all the port settings of each switch in the stack are registered on all switches. So if you remove a switch from the stack you are removing its CONFIGURATIONS too. Thanks.
Hi, to remove member 2 from stacked the interfaces need to be disconnected, but can it stay on? Can I disable the interface instead of physically disconnecting? I'm not physically on site and would like to remove member 2 and reconnect again to learn how it works, so I want to do it with no physical disconnect required. Below are the settings I have: [IMAGE]   Thanks.
Dell Powerconnect 6224 remove stacked without shutting down