Stacking Auto-discovery

Prior to ExtremeXOS 30.3, the stacking automation feature in ExtremeXOS ensured that replacing a node in a stack would cause the node to receive a slot assignment, be set as master-capable (if applicable), assigned the stack MAC address, but the stacking would only be enabled on the dedicated stack ports on the Summit X450-G2 and X460-G2 with attached VIM-2ss or VIM-2q modules. For all other switches, you had to manually enable stacking on the applicable port.

With ExtremeXOS 30.3, the stacking auto-discovery feature allows a greater number of switch models (see below) when added to replace a node in a stack, to auto-discover its stack links, auto-provision its stacking parameters, and join the existing stack.