Configure 2 Catalyst 3750's as "Dumb/Dirty" Switches in Stack

[ssingh101]

Hi,

I have two 3750's that I have to configure as dumb/dirty switches in stack before they go into deployment.

Regarding the same, I had few things that I wanted to clarify.

1. Now I know the switch with lowest MAC Address becomes the master and the other one becomes the slave in a stack. However, my question is do I just configure the master switch and stack it with the slave switch (both have been factory reset before configuration) or do I have to configure both the switches individually and then stack them together?

2. Using the following configuration on the master switch:

enable
write erase
reload

[after switch reboots]

enable
configure [terminal]
vtp mode transparent
no cdp run
interface [selected all the range of interfaces]
switchport mode access

switchport access vlan 1

line vty 0 15

transport input none
exit
exit
write mem

Please advice/suggest anything else that can be added to configure the switch as dirty/dumb switch successfully.

Thanks,

S

[zdesignstudio · Accepted solution]

You can actually define what switch you want as master and "provision" the second switch into the stack.

Pick a switch and configure it like you did above but add the following:

conf t

switch 1 priority 15

switch 2 provision ? (enter the output of the model of switch 2)

int range [selected all the range of interfaces for switch 2]

switchport mode access

switchport access vlan 1

no shut

do copy run start

Plug 2nd switch into power assuming the stack cable is plugged in it will boot up, be the slave switch with priority of 1, and have the ports you specified in the range command above configured as access port in vlan 1.

What I would also do is after the 2nd switch comes up issue teh below command:

switch 2 priority 10

do copy run start

You can also very the stack by issuing " show switch" 

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