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the stack for flexible usage.
2. Well integrated UI to view status of stacking switches:
An user-friendly Web UI provides user to have a total view of the port link status and
VLAN group settings for all stacked switches at a glance.
3. Easy adding or removal stacking member:
All Stacking members can be easily added or removed through the network. By clicking on
the UI, the administrator can quickly determinate which switch will join the stack, without
adjusting the network connection in front of those switches. It saves great efforts when
trouble-shooting the network abnormality.
5.4.1 A guide to build up “Stacking Switches”
Follow these steps to build up a set o f “Stacking Switches”:
1. Connect switches with Giga port (purchased separately) in serial sequence.
By reference to the picture of typical network connection of “Single IP – Stacking mode”, user
can connect these stacking switches with Giga port in serial sequence. Technically, in “Stacking
Mode”, the Master Switch is able to connect/control up to 31 Salve Switches (total 32
Switches); however, for better performance, we recommend stacking no more than 8
Switches.
A connection check by pinging these switches’ IP will help to avoid network failure.
2. Make sure the master s witch is set to “Stacking Master” and slaves to “Stacking Slave”.
In the Main Menu in “Adm inistrator/IP & Management Mode”, user has to set the management
mode to “S tacking Master” and slave switches to “Stacking Slave”.
User who wishes to access the stacking switches from remote IP, should fill up the switch IP with
its real IP and the agent IP with the alternative LAN IP; on the other hand, for a local area network
access only, the switch IP and agent IP shoul d be kept as the same as the LAN IP.
3. Add stacking members in the Stacking management.
Please refer section 2-4-14 for detailed configuration.
4. Launch the Stack manager.