Comments on: Aruba CX how to exchange a defective VSF stack member

By: Phillip

Phillip — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:49:02 +0000

In reply to Pascal. you are welcome :)

By: Pascal

Pascal — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 18:35:18 +0000

In reply to Phillip.

Hey Phillip,

thanks for the quick reply.
It was as easy as you told.
Simply gave him the vsf configuration and he got part of the stack as hoped.
In my case I only needed 25 minutes, but this depends on the difficulty to do the cabling in the rack. In this case it were pretty easy.

Thanks again! =)

By: Phillip

Phillip — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:25:59 +0000

In reply to Pascal.

Hello Pascal,

this is not a problem. It is the same as with member 2 or 3. I recommend that you make a backup of the configuration before replacing the vsf member. Just in case something does go wrong. I once linked you a document from Aruba. On page 19 it describes this. I would also announce a maintenance window of 60 minutes. With all the cable reconnection, disconnection and installation of the switch, it can take a while.

https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/AOS-CX/10.07/PDF/5200-7889.pdf

By: Pascal

Pascal — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 08:19:59 +0000

Hey,
thanks for the great summary!
But how about, when your failed switch is the master?
Our Master is calling that an failure is imminent and I want to replace it.

Do I have to promote an other switch to the new master, before being able to replace the master?
Or is it enough to configure the vsf configuration, and the new switch gets the config from the secondary member?