Converting MS410 pair from warm spare to stack

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Converting MS410 pair from warm spare to stack

Due to my employer's network needs and the limited functionality of the Warm Spare features with Meraki switches, it looks like I need to convert my MS410 switch pair from a Warm Spare setup to a switch stack.  I'm not familiar with these kinds of procedures with Meraki switches, and there seems to be no real documentation on removing Warm Spare functionality from a switch pair.  Has anybody out there ever done something like this?  What should I look for?  Are there any caveats I should pay attention to?  What should I do, buy, (stack cables?) etc in preparation for this procedure?  What kind of downtime would I be looking at?  Obviously I'd have to do this during a maintenance window, so how big of a window (1, 2, ? hrs) should I request from mgmt?  Is this kind of conversion even advisable in a production environment?

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PhilipDAth
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You will need stacking cables.  You can order them now and plug them in.  It should cause no disruption.

 

I would then just disable the warm spare, and then follow these steps:

https://documentation.meraki.com/MS/Stacking/Switch_Stacks#Physical_Switch_Stack_Configuration_Steps 

RANT
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Would it be safest to update the firmware while still set up as warm spares?

PhilipDAth
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I would try and get them onto 12.x code.  I'd probably upgrade them first. 

RANT
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Right now, they're both running version MS 10.35.  12.x is 2 whole major version upgrades, and would surely come with caveats.  Is this upgrade (10.35 straight to 12.x) supported by Meraki?

PhilipDAth
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I would personally step through smaller steps.

 

Like the latest 10.x, then the current stable 11.x, and then go to 12.x.

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