User Manual for the NETGEAR 7300S Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Software

Chapter 12

Managing Switch Stacks

This chapter describes the concepts and recommended operating procedures to manage FSM7328S or FSM7352S switches running Release 4.0.0 and includes the following sections:

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

Understanding Switch Stacks

A switch stack is a set of up to eight Ethernet switches connected through their stacking ports. One of the switches controls the operation of the stack and is called the stack master. The stack master and the other switches in the stack are stack members. The stack members use stacking technology to behave and work together as a unified system. Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols present the entire switch stack as a single entity to the network.

The stack master is the single point of stack-wide management. From the stack master, you configure:

System-level (global) features that apply to all stack members

Interface-level features for all interfaces on any stack member

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