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Stacking Workgroup Up to eight (8) individual MIL-SM2401M-STK switches can be connected to form
a single logical unit using embedded stacking technology. The stack behaves as a
single switching unit that is manageable by a master switch elected from one of
the member switches.
The master switch serves as the control center for the stack and automatically
creates and updates all of the switching tables. The remaining member switches
act as forwarding processors and each switch in the stack is assigned to a single
workgroup ID. In addition, a working stack can accept new members or delete
old ones without service interruption or degraded performance.
No special tools, extra software, or expensive equipment is needed to form a
Stacking Workgroup. With the MIL-SM2401M-STK, management applications
represent the entire stack as a single device with simple point and click
management.
Figure 3-3. A stacking workgroup application