Will removing one stackwise switch while hot affect traffic?

[rafaelti1]

I did some reading and I think it should be fine but I want to see if there is any feedback from the community...

We have two 3750's that are stacked and I want to remove the 2nd one. Both switches are online and running. If I remove the 2nd switch only from the stack while the stack is operational will it affect the rest of the traffic from the 1st switch (master)?

Will removing a switch from a stack while its hot affect any traffic? It should just detect the switch is no longer there and be fine?

Thanks.

[shaps]

yes you can remove one switch without affecting the rest of the stack,  obviously you would need to move over the connections to the other switches :)

[rafaelti1]

Thanks for the input, there will be no other switch added to the stack. Once we remove the 2nd switch, there will only be one.

[Joseph W. Doherty]

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It may, it depends whether the switch you want to deactivate is the master or not.  (If your 2nd switch is not master, you should be okay.)

[acampbell]

Hi,

As always it is best to carry out network changes in the downtime window.

However sometimes we are not afforded this luxury.

Read this link:-

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/switches/catalyst-3750-series-switches/71925-cat3750-create-switch-stks.html#stack5

1)Make sure you know where the master is before starting

2) Power down the switch you want out

Follow the rest of the details in the link

Regards

Alex