D-Link DHS-3224V manual Stacking Configuration, Unit, Status

D-Link DHS-3224V Switch User’s Guide

Stacking Configuration

Access the Stacking Configuration menu Switch Information menu. The Stacking Configuration menu can be used to change the stack order. Choose Stacking Configuration and press Enter. The following menu appears:

Figure 6- 12. Stacking Configuration Screen – (Auto-detect)

The Stacking Configuration menu lists the following information regarding the Switch stack:

MAC Address	MAC address of Switch in stack
Unit	Stack order number of the Switch, this can be user defined.
Status	Switch can be either In Use or Not in Use

If you are using the auto-detect feature to determine stack order, the Switch stack will be listed from top to bottom in the hardware-determined order. The Master Switch (the lowest MAC address) is unit 1, the next highest MAC address is unit 2 and so on. If you have changed the stack order, the stack order appears in the order you have determined with the Master Switch (Unit 1) appearing at the top of the list.

To change the logical stack order of the Switch stack, highlight the unit you want to change and type in the new order number. Keep in mind that the Switch designated as Unit 1 will be the Master Switch. When the stack order number for each Switch is entered, highlight APPLY and press Enter. You must save the changes and restart the current Master Switch to achieve the new stack order. If you are changing the current Master Switch, you must reconnect the serial cable to the new Master Switch after saving the changes and rebooting. It is recommended that the Master Switch be used to uplink to the Ethernet backbone. Therefore, you should also change the uplink connection to the new Master Switch.

Each Switch in the stack must be restarted in order to implement the change to the stack order. Once you have saved the new stack order configuration and rebooted all the Switches in the stack, the new logical stack order will be displayed in the Stacking Configuration screen in the order.

IMPORTANT: All Switches in the stack must be restarted when the stack order is changed, even if the change is hardware-determined. For example, if the stack order is hardware-determined and Switches are added to or taken out of the stack, each Switch should be rebooted to implement the new stack order. Keep in mind that the Switch with the lowest value MAC address in the new stack arrangement will be the Master Switch after rebooting.

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