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Standby, Switch priority – Dell PowerEdge M600 User Manual

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System Management Commands

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standby

Use the standby command to configure the standby in the stack. This unit comes up as the master
when the stack failover occurs. Use the no form of this command to reset to default, in which case,
FASTPATH automatically selects a standby from the existing stack units if there no
preconfiguration.

Syntax

standby unit

unit—Valid unit number in the stack. (Range: 1–12 maximum. The range is limited to
the number of units available on the stack.)

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

Stack Global Configuration

User Guidelines

No specific guidelines.

Examples

console(config)#stack

console(config-stack)#standby 2

switch priority

Use the switch priority command in Global Configuration mode to configure the ability of the
switch to become the Management Switch. The switch with the highest priority value is chosen to
become the Management Switch if the active Management Switch fails.

Syntax

switch unit priority value

unit—The switch identifier. (Range: 1 - 12)

value—The priority of one backup switch over another. (Range: 0 - 12)

Default Configuration

The switch priority defaults to the hardware management preference value of 1.

Command Mode

Global Configuration mode