configuring stacked 3850s

[robertkwild]

hi all,

we have purchased from an old company 7 3850s which are stacked together, they have flattened them so we need to configure them all again

i know how to configure/set up individual cisco switches, so my question is, do i need to console into each individual one seperatly ie set up vlans, ip of the switch, gateway telnet server etc etc or once or i have set up one i can set the rest via this one or do i need to actually console into each one individually

once that is done how do i configure the stacking for the switches so they appear to be one big switch

thanks,

rob

[mlund]

Hi

Martin L has provided the correct way to do this, I repeat it here.

Let all boxes be unpowered.

Connect all stackingcabels.

Power on the switch that you want to be number 1

Wait until this switch is online

Check if the switch is number 1, otherwise, change it

Power on the switch you want to be number 2

wait until it is online

check if you now have switch 1 ( the first switch you powered up), and switch 2

If the second switch is not 2, but some other number, then renunmber it and reboot.

Check again if you have number 1 and 2

And so on, one switch at the time

/Mikael

[robertkwild]

So I don't need to run those commands then to change switch priority?

just may need to renumber switches if they come up in the wrong order?

[mlund]

In my opinion it's not needed to change priority. Others may have different opinions, if so, please share experience.

/Mikael

[robertkwild]

Am i right in thinking if I wipe config off master switch it will wipe all configs off all switches in the existing stack