NETGEAR 7000 Series manual Chapter Managing Switch Stacks

Chapter 20

Managing Switch Stacks

This chapter describes the concepts and recommended operating procedures to manage Netgear stackable managed switches running Release 4.x.x.x or newer. Netgear stackable managed switches include the following models:

•FSM7328S

•FSM7352S

•FSM7352PS

•GSM7328S

•GSM7352S

Note: The FSM family and GSM family cannot be stacked together at this point.

This chapter includes the following topics:

•Initial installation and power-up of a stack

•Removing a unit from the stack

•Adding a unit to an operating stack

•Replacing a stack member with an new unit

•Renumbering stack members

•Moving the master to a different unit in the stack

•Removing a master unit from an operating stack

•Merging two operational stacks

•Pre configuration

•Upgrading firmware

•Migration of configuration with a firmware upgrade

20-1

v1.0, May 2008