I wish I could've stuck with the higher end models, for what we needed just for 10GBe traffic you can't beat the pricing.
I might just look at removing the stack, but will have to see if removing a member from the stack wipes the config. If so, I'll have to schedule downtime to do all of this.
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Morrison IT
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Original Message:
Sent: 07-14-2025 05:06 AM
From: Sebastian
Subject: What happens if you need to update/restart stack for 1960 12XGT
With InstantOn switches, a firmware update always leads to a reboot of the full stack, as every member gets the firmware pushed by the conductor. Only with a reboot the new firmware gets active, so this is necessary. BUT: You get asked after uploading the firmware, if you want to reboot now or later. So at least you can choose when to reboot. If you want to have a stack without the need of rebooting all members at the same time for a firmware update, you should choose a more professional HPE switch series which supports VSX f.e.
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Sebastian Sieburg
Original Message:
Sent: 07-10-2025 10:10 AM
From: MI13
Subject: What happens if you need to update/restart stack for 1960 12XGT
If I were to restart the switch stack or update the firmware will it restart both nodes at the same time? These are setup in a chain stack (2 1960's). They are also locally managed.
In the past I was thought I read if you needed to do either (restart/firmware upgrade) it does both at the same time. I can't seem to find any documentation on this.
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Morrison IT
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