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Unit Number, Stack Management and Maintenance

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Master election is held each time the topology changes, for example, when stack merge or split occurs, or the stack or the current master is reset. The master is elected based on the following rules and in the order listed: 1. The switch that is currently the stack master. 2. The switch with the highest stack member priority value. 3. The switch with the lowest MAC address. After master election, the stack forms and enters into stack management and maintenance stage. Note: 1. The priority value ranges from 1 to 15. The higher the value is, the more likely the member will be elected as the master. By default, the member priority of the switch is 5. We recommend you manually assign the highest priority value to the switch that you prefer to be the stack master before stack establishment. 2. The switch is non-preemptible when it joins the stack in cold-start mode, and the process is illustrated as bellow: the switch has no stack role at its start, and it sends out discovery messages to collect the topology of the current stack system. After the topology collection, the switch obtains its role according to the rules above. The switch will become stack slave if there is already a master in the stack. The master will resume its role even if the newly joined switch has a higher priority. 4) Stack Management and Maintenance After the stack is established, all the stack members are integrated into a virtual device in the network and managed by the master. The following section briefly introduces the concepts and rules involved in stack management stage.  Unit Number: When the stack is running, unit number is used to identify and manage member devices. Unit number is unique in a stack system. The factory default unit number of switch is 1. In order to keep its uniqueness, before establishing stack you are kindly recommended to prepare a unit number assignment scheme and then manually configure it on each member device. During unit number assignment process, the master prioritizes the member devices already carrying manually assigned unit number. If the unit number has not been used by other stack members the member device will keep it. Otherwise, the unit number is configured based on the following rules and in the order listed: 1. The device which was managed by the current master before the configuration will resume its unit number. 2. The device with manually assigned unit number is prior to the device whose unit number assignment mode is "Auto". 3. The device with the highest stack member priority value. 4. The device with the lowest MAC address. Note: 1. You can get the current unit number of the switch from the unit number LED on the front panel of the switch. 2. When the stack is running, if you want to change the unit number manually, only the unit numbers which have not been occupied by the other member devices are available for you to choose from. 37

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Master election is held each time the topology changes, for example, when stack merge or
split occurs, or the stack or the current master is reset.
The master is elected based on the following rules and in the order listed:
1.
The switch that is currently the stack master.
2.
The switch with the highest stack member priority value.
3.
The switch with the lowest MAC address.
After master election, the stack forms and enters into stack management and maintenance
stage.
Note:
1.
The priority value ranges from 1 to 15. The higher the value is, the more likely the member
will be elected as the master. By default, the member priority of the switch is 5. We
recommend you manually assign the highest priority value to the switch that you prefer to
be the stack master before stack establishment.
2.
The switch is non-preemptible when it joins the stack in cold-start mode, and the process
is illustrated as bellow: the switch has no stack role at its start, and it sends out discovery
messages to collect the topology of the current stack system. After the topology collection,
the switch obtains its role according to the rules above. The switch will become stack
slave if there is already a master in the stack. The master will resume its role even if the
newly joined switch has a higher priority.
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Stack Management and Maintenance
After the stack is established, all the stack members are integrated into a virtual device in the
network and managed by the master. The following section briefly introduces the concepts
and rules involved in stack management stage.
Unit Number:
When the stack is running, unit number is used to identify and manage
member devices. Unit number is unique in a stack system. The factory default unit number
of switch is 1. In order to keep its uniqueness, before establishing stack you are kindly
recommended to prepare a unit number assignment scheme and then manually configure
it on each member device.
During unit number assignment process, the master prioritizes the member devices
already carrying manually assigned unit number. If the unit number has not been used by
other stack members the member device will keep it. Otherwise, the unit number is
configured based on the following rules and in the order listed:
1.
The device which was managed by the current master before the configuration will
resume its unit number.
2.
The device with manually assigned unit number is prior to the device whose unit
number assignment mode is “Auto”.
3.
The device with the highest stack member priority value.
4.
The device with the lowest MAC address.
Note:
1.
You can get the current unit number of the switch from the unit number LED on the
front panel of the switch.
2.
When the stack is running, if you want to change the unit number manually, only the
unit numbers which have not been occupied by the other member devices are
available for you to choose from.
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