Stacking Hubs, Stacking Cables | Asante Technologies II specification

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Installation

Stacking Hubs

Up to eight NetStacker II hubs may be connected within a stack. Furthermore, a management module can be installed easily in any of the stacked hubs, so that all of them can be managed. The management module communicates with a manager console by means of SNMP agent software, installed in the managed hub. This reduces considerably the expense of equipping each hub for management.

It is not necessary to conﬁgure a Hub ID for each NetStacker II hub in a stack. The auto-conﬁgure feature takes care of this for you.

1 Check the 50-pin “stacking” cable that was included in the package with your NetStacker II hub. It is designed speciﬁcally for stacking your unit with others of the same design.

◆Note: Do not use any cable but the NetStacker II stack- ing cable supplied with your unit; if you need additional cables, contact Asanté support.

2 Place the hubs in a stack so the rear panels are aligned as shown in Figure 2-10.

3 Connect the “Stack Connection Out” on the upper hub with the “Stack Connection In” of the hub below it. Leave the “Stack Connection In” of the uppermost hub and the “Stack Connection Out” of the lowermost hub uncon- nected, as shown in Figure 2-10.

Stacking Cables

Management Module Slot

Stack Connection In

Stack Connection Out

Stack Connection In

Stack Connection Out

Stack Connection In

Connection Out

Stack Connection In

Stack Connection Out

Stack Connection In

Stack Connection Out

Stack Connection In

Stack Connection Out

Stack Connection In

Stack Connection Out

Stack Connection In

Stack Connection Out

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Figure 2-10 Stacking NetStacker II hubs

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