Environment This article applies to all Mobility Access Switches running a minimum AOS version 7.3.0.0 and Above.
Answer By default some ports on the Aruba Mobility Switch are configured as stacking-port. For example 1 port of S1500 and 2 ports of S2500 are configured as stacking-ports. We can convert those ports from a Stack port to a normal port and vice versa.
Use “show stacking interface“ command to find the interface configured as stacking-port
(ArubaS1500-12P) #show stacking interface
stack1/1
--------
stack1/1 is administratively Enabled, link is Down, line protocol is Down
Speed: N/A, MTU: 9224 bytes, Link flaps: 0
Last update of counters: 0d 00:00:00 ago
Last clearing of counters: 0d 00:00:00 ago
Link status last changed: 0d 00:00:00 ago
Statistics:
Received 0 frames, 0 octets
0 pps, 0 bps
0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 error octets, 0 CRC frames
0 multicast, 0 unicast
Transmitted 0 frames, 0 octets
0 pps, 0 bps
0 broadcasts, 0 throttles
0 multicast, 0 unicast
0 errors octets, 0 deferred
0 collisions, 0 late collisions
Delete the stacking interface as below and use "show interface brief " command to verify the port
(ArubaS1500-12P) (config) #delete stacking interface stack 1/1
(ArubaS1500-12P) (config) #show interface brief
Interface Admin Link Line Protocol Speed/Duplex
--------- ----- ---- ------------- ------------
GE0/0/0 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/1 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/2 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/3 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/4 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/5 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/6 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/7 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/8 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/9 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/10 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/11 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/1/0 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/1/1 Enable Down Down N/A
Use “show stacking interface“ command to find the interface configured as stacking-port
(ArubaS1500-12P) #show stacking interface
stack1/1
--------
stack1/1 is administratively Enabled, link is Down, line protocol is Down
Speed: N/A, MTU: 9224 bytes, Link flaps: 0
Last update of counters: 0d 00:00:00 ago
Last clearing of counters: 0d 00:00:00 ago
Link status last changed: 0d 00:00:00 ago
Statistics:
Received 0 frames, 0 octets
0 pps, 0 bps
0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 error octets, 0 CRC frames
0 multicast, 0 unicast
Transmitted 0 frames, 0 octets
0 pps, 0 bps
0 broadcasts, 0 throttles
0 multicast, 0 unicast
0 errors octets, 0 deferred
0 collisions, 0 late collisions
Delete the stacking interface as below and use "show interface brief " command to verify the port
(ArubaS1500-12P) (config) #delete stacking interface stack 1/1
(ArubaS1500-12P) (config) #show interface brief
Interface Admin Link Line Protocol Speed/Duplex
--------- ----- ---- ------------- ------------
GE0/0/0 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/1 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/2 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/3 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/4 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/5 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/6 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/7 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/8 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/9 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/10 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/0/11 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/1/0 Enable Down Down N/A
GE0/1/1 Enable Down Down N/A