Stacki handles switch configuration which includes:

• IP Addressing
• Assign Ports to VLAN
• Status of ports on the switch

A switch to Stacki is just a host with some minor differences:

• Appliance type is switch
• Needs switch_model attribute set
• Needs switch_username attribute set
• Needs switch_password attribute set

To get up and running we just need to:

• Add the switch
• Give it an interface
• Add some hosts to it

Adding a switch is just like adding a host:

• stack add switch private-switch rack=1 rank=1 model=x1052 username=admin password=admin
• stack load switchfile file=switchfile.csv

The switchfile example spreadsheet looks like this:

NAME,RACK,RANK,MODEL,INTERFACE,IP,MAC,NETWORK,USERNAME,PASSWORD
private-switch,10,20,x1052,eth1,192.168.2.1,00:11:22:33:44:55,private,admin,admin

If in the future you would like to change the model, username, or password you can use stack set host attr and change the attrs:

• switch_model
• switch_username
• switch_password

If you used the spreadsheet, you can skip this step

Adding an interface is exactly the same as with hosts. The important part here is that the network you assign to the interface has pxe=true if you plan on setting the ip address with dhcp.

stack add switch interface private-switch interface=eth1 mac=00:11:22:33:44:55 ip=10.0.0.1 network=private

Warning If you do not add an interface name, the DHCP configuration will not include the switch's interface.

Adding hosts to be managed on the switch can be done two ways:

• stack add switch host private-switch host=backend-0-0 port=10
• stack load switch hostfile file=switch_hostfile.csv

The switch_hostfile example spreadsheet looks like this:

NAME,SWITCH,PORT,INTERFACE
backend-0-1,primary-switch,1,eth1
backend-0-2,primary-switch,2,eth1
backend-0-3,primary-switch,3,eth1
backend-0-4,primary-switch,4,eth1

The VLAN ID that is used to configure the switch comes from the host's interface and can be updated using:

• stack set host interface vlan
• Updating the host configuration spreadsheet (This is the same csv used in stack load hostfile)

stack sync switch

This will run stack report switch first and then upload the new config to the switches that are configured.