Changing the Standby Conductor Using UI

You can change the standby conductor in the stack through the UI.

To change the standby conductor in the VSF Virtual Switching Framework. VSF allows network administrators to stack multiple individual switches into a single logical device using standard Ethernet links. stack, complete the following steps:

  1. In the VSF Stacking page, expand the stack for which you want to change the secondary conductor.
  2. Point to the row for the member for which you want to select as standby conductor and click the edit icon.
  3. In the Edit Stack Member page, select the Standby conductor check box.

    A confirmation window is displayed.

  4. Click OK.

    Both the existing standby conductor and the new standby conductor are rebooted. After rebooting, the newly selected member joins the stack as the new standby conductor. The earlier standby conductor becomes a member of the stack.

  5. Click Save.

You cannot edit the stack members after the VSF switchover.