Templates for Stacked Switches

[PatWruk]

We're trying to setup a base config for stacked MS switches which we haven't used before.

Is it possible to setup switch templates for stacks?

I'm not finding anything in the dashboard or in the documentation for templates on stacks. We're getting hardware on the same day they want them deployed so we're trying to prep as much as we can beforehand.

[RWelch]

Templates for Switching Best Practices 

Guidelines and Limitations

1. STP bridge priority cannot be changed on switch stacks using templates. In a network template, switch templates can be assigned STP bridge priority values from Switching > Configure > Switch settings > STP configuration. A value assigned to a switch template, however, will only propagate to the standalone switches bound to that template; switch stacks will retain the default STP priority of 32768. 

If an MS switch stack must be the root bridge of an STP domain that has at least one other MS switch stack, it should be placed in a Dashboard network that is not bound to a network template for the STP priority value configured on it to take effect.

The following diagram shows the relationship between network templates and switch templates:

 

[PatWruk]

I saw that, my main concern is having the switchports configured in the templates so it's more of a 1 click for 96 ports rather than having to configure 96 ports 1 by 1. 

Can I have 1 template for both switches in the stack or can I configure 2 templates, 1 for the first switch 1 for the second?

I'm ok removing it from the template afterwards to change anything else while retaining the port configs, we're just trying to save time on initial setup.

[RWelch · Accepted solution]

If you need different port configurations for each switch in the stack, you can create separate templates and bind each switch individually.

After the initial setup, you can unbind the switches from the template to make manual changes, and the port configurations will remain unless you override them.

[PatWruk]

That's what I needed to know, Thank you!

[alemabrahao]

You don't need to configure one port at a time; you can select multiple ports and configure them as desired.

https://documentation.meraki.com/Switching/MS_-_Switches/Design_and_Configure/Configuration_Guides/P...