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  • 1.  6300M VSF before or after Central

    Posted Jan 12, 2025 02:29 PM

    Dear Experts, 

    Can someone guide/confirm do we need to create VSF between 2 x 6300M switches before moving them to central or can we create the VSF after i have 2 x 6300M onboarded to central and then create the VSF between them?



  • 2.  RE: 6300M VSF before or after Central
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    Posted Jan 12, 2025 06:26 PM

    Generally I would create the VSF stack before onboarding them to Aruba Central.

    check this Caveats for using AOS-CX Switches in HPE Aruba Networking Central.

     



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  • 3.  RE: 6300M VSF before or after Central

    Posted Jan 13, 2025 09:09 AM

    Thanks AriyaP !


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  • 4.  RE: 6300M VSF before or after Central

    Posted Jan 13, 2025 10:48 PM

    Hi @Ronin101,

    I generally recommend that greenfield deployments of stacked CX switches is done in Central. The auto-stacking capability is relatively straight forward but is strict in how it works. 

    Central docs for Stacking: https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/central/2.5.8/content/nms/aos-cx/sw-stk-cx/sw-stk-cx-ui.htm

    • First onboard only the conductor switch of the stack - not the members.
    • ... check all the other steps / rules on what stops auto-stacking from working.

    It's worth seeing how this works, especially if you have a larger deployment with multiple stacks.


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  • 5.  RE: 6300M VSF before or after Central

    Posted Jan 15, 2025 03:14 AM

    It's more practical for me to build the stack before onboarding


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