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Giving the Stack an IP Address B-9
Giving the Stack an IP Address You can configure the stack with an IP address and other address
information, enabling it to communicate over (become part of) an IP
network.
The stack does not need an IP address to make Quick Config Manager
work with it over a serial connection.
You need to give the stack an IP address if you want to manage it over
the network using:
■An SNMP network manager, for example Transcend Enterprise
Manager.
■Quick Config Manager (Windows ‘9 5 and Windows NT only).
■The web interface.
■The Command Line Interface (over Telnet).
Any IP information given to a hub in the stack is used by the whole
stack. If the stack is p hysically split, the IP inform ation remains with the
hub and is used by its half, the other half has no IP information. You
can configure more than one hub in a stack with IP information. Doing
this, provides the stack with backup management, should the stack
split or a hub fail.
If you have no previous knowledge of IP, refer to “IP Addresses” on
page 5-7.
The IP Setup dialog box has a useful Easy Setup option which takes you
through the IP configuration process. The informa tion that you enter
during the Easy Setup process is the same as, and is entered into, the IP
Setup dialog box.
If you are managing a stack of hubs, this dialog box sho ws and affects
the settings of the hub which is unit number 1 in the stack (the bottom
hub, if the stack is correctly configured). To make a different hub unit
number 1, disconnect the stack in such a way that the required hub
becomes the bottom hub. However, be very careful not to break the
management connection.