My suspicion was correct. I didn't set up the links properly. Just a matter of a few commands to move it over: Aruba-VSF-2930F (config)# interface 1/52 disable Aruba-VSF-2930F (config)# no vsf member 1 link 1 1/52 Aruba-VSF-2930F (config)# vsf member 1 link 2 1/52 All configuration on this port has been removed and port is placed in VSF mode.