D-Link DES-3226 Reference Manual - Page 14

DES-3226S Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Switch User's Guide Regardless of the method used to determine Switch stack order, remember some important points: • All management of all the Switches in the stack is done through the Master Switch. • It is recommended that the Master Switch be used to uplink to the Ethernet backbone. • If any Switch in the stack fails, all Switches will need to be rebooted upon correcting the failure. • If a new Master is elected, all Switches in the stack must rebooted. This includes situations where the new Master is determined by MAC address, for example, if the original Master is removed from the stack. • The Master Switch can be chosen automatically. Switch software auto-detects the MAC address of each Switch in the stack. The Switch with the lowest value MAC address is elected to function as the Master. The remaining Switches are ordered according to the relative value of their respective MAC addresses (see the example on the next page). Determining the Switch Stack Order Using the auto-detect stacking function, five MAC addresses appear in the order listed in the table below: Stack Order 1(Master) 2 3 4 5 6 MAC Address 001122334451 001122334452 001122334453 001122334454 001122334455 Not in use 14 Introduction