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Switch Stack Management Connectivity, Connectivity to the Switch Stack Through Console Ports

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NETGEAR 7000 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide Version 6.0 Switch Stack Management Connectivity You manage the switch stack and the stack member interfaces through the stack master. You can use the web interface, the CLI, and SNMP. You cannot manage stack members on an individual switch basis. Connectivity to the Switch Stack Through Console Ports You can connect to the stack master through the console port of the stack master only. Connectivity to the Switch Stack Through Telnet You can connect to the stack master using telnet by telnetting to the ip address of the stack. Switch Stack Configuration Scenarios Table 19-2 provides switch stack configuration scenarios. Most of the scenarios assume at least two switches are connected through their stacking ports. Table 19-2. Switch stack configuration scenarios Scenario Result Stack master election specifically determined by existing stack masters Note: This is not recommended. • Connect two powered-on switch stacks through the stacking ports. Only one of the two stack masters becomes the new stack master. None of the other stack members become the stack master. Stack master election specifically determined by the stack member priority value • Connect two switches through their stacking ports. • Use the switch stack-member-number priority new-priority-number global configuration command to set one stack member to a higher member priority value. • Restart both stack members at the same time. The stack member with the higher priority value is elected stack master. Managing Switch Stacks v1.0, Jan 2007 19-9

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NETGEAR 7000
Series Managed Switch Administration Guide Version 6.0
Managing Switch Stacks
19-9
v1.0, Jan 2007
Switch Stack Management Connectivity
You manage the switch stack and the stack member interfaces through the stack master. You can
use the web interface, the CLI, and SNMP. You cannot manage stack members on an individual
switch basis.
Connectivity to the Switch Stack Through Console Ports
You can connect to the stack master through the console port of the stack master only.
Connectivity to the Switch Stack Through Telnet
You can connect to the stack master using telnet by telnetting to the ip address of the stack.
Switch Stack Configuration Scenarios
Table 19-2
provides switch stack configuration scenarios. Most of the scenarios assume at least
two switches are connected through their stacking ports.
Table 19-2. Switch stack configuration scenarios
Scenario
Result
Stack master election specifically determined by
existing stack masters
Note
: This is not recommended.
Connect two powered-on switch stacks through the
stacking ports.
Only one of the two stack masters becomes the new
stack master. None of the other stack members
become the stack master.
Stack master election specifically determined by the
stack member priority value
Connect two switches through their stacking ports.
Use the
switch
stack-member-number
priority
new-priority-number
global configuration command
to set one stack member to a higher member
priority value.
Restart both stack members at the same time.
The stack member with the higher priority value is
elected stack master.