Chapter 5: Assigning the Stack ID Numbers and Cabling the Stacking Ports
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Verifying and Setting the Stack ID Numbers
After the switch has initialized its management software, examine the
number displayed on the Stack ID LED to see if it matches the number you
want it to have in the stack. (This is the number you wrote on the switch’s
label in “Labeling the Switches” on page 77.) Do one of the following:
If the switch’s current ID number displayed on the Stack ID LED is
different from the intended ID number for the unit, perform the
following procedures to change it.
If the switch’s current ID number is the same as the intended ID
number for the unit, you do not need to set it because it is already
set correctly. Power off the switch and perform the procedure
“Powering on a Switch” on page 80 on the next switch in the stack.
If you have verified and set the ID numbers on all of the switches,
go to “Cabling the Stacking Ports” on page 87.
You may set the stack ID number on the switch from a local management
session using the Console port or, because the switch has a factory IP
address, from a Telnet management session from any of the unit’s
networking ports. If you prefer to use the Console port, go to “Starting a
Local Management Session,” next. To use the Telnet application protocol,
go to “Starting a Telnet Management Session” on page 83. (You cannot
use the web browser management interface to change the switch’s stack
ID number.)
Caution
Setting the stack ID number resets the switch. Some network traffic
may be lost if the device is connected to a live network.

Starting a Local

Management

Session

This procedure requires a terminal or a terminal emulator program and the
management cable that comes with the switch. To start a local
management session on the switch:
1. Connect the RJ-45 end of the management cable included with the
8100S Switch to the Console port on the front panel of the switch, as
shown in Figure 30 on page 83.