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what is the effect of Changing the Shelf ID and Shelf Stack

onosbluhart
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Hi guys

what is the effect of Changing the Shelf ID and Shelf Stack, is there a possibility of Losing data?

A customer has 2 stacks which were cabled fine but had IOM 3 DS4243 and IOM 6 DS4246 in the same stack, is it possibile to recable and restack the IOMs change the shelf IDs without losing data

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aborzenkov
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Yes, it is possible to change shelf id and stack without data loss. This is disruptive operation - you need to shutdown filer to do it.

onosbluhart
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Thanks

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