D-Link DES-3250TG Standalone Layer 2 Switch

Target Port

This port is where information will be

 

duplicated and sent for capture and network

 

analysis.

Status

Toggle between Enabled and Disabled.

 

 

Stack Setting

When DES-3250TG Switches are properly interconnected in a stacked group, information about the stack is displayed in the Stack Setting menu.

Click Stack Setting on the Configuration menu:

Figure 7- 9. Stack Setting window

If stacking has been disabled, the Switch will operate as a standalone device regardless of whether or not it has been stacked with another switch. When the stacking mode is enabled the Switch may function in a properly connected and configured Switch stack. By default the Switch has the stacking mode enabled. When enabled, the stacking mode can operate in Master, Slave, or Auto modes.

The following parameters can be configured:

 

Parameters

Description

 

Master

The Switch that the management station

 

 

is connected to (via the Switch’s serial

 

 

port) will become Unit 1 the master

 

 

Switch. This Switch will then be used to

 

 

configure the Switch stack.

 

Slave

The Switch that the management station

 

 

is connected to (via the Switch’s serial

 

 

port) will never become the Master

 

 

Switch and will always be Unit 2 or

 

 

higher. If multiple Switches in the stack

 

 

are configured as slave Switches, their

 

 

unit numbers are determined by the

 

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D-Link DES-3250TG manual Target Port, Status, Click Stack Setting on the Configuration menu