User Manual for the NETGEAR 7300S Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Software
Managing Switch Stacks 12-9
202-10088-01, March 2005
Switch Stack Management Connectivity
You manage the switch stack and the stack member interfaces through the stack master. You can
use the web interface, the CLI, and SNMP. You cannot manage stack members on an individual
switch basis.

Connectivity to the Switch Stack Through Console Ports

You can connect to the stack master through the console port of the stack master only.

Connectivity to the Switch Stack Through Telnet

You can connect to the stack master using telnet by telnetting to the ip address of the stack.
Switch Stack Configuration Scenarios
Table 12-2 provides switch stack configuration scenarios. Most of the scenarios assume at least
two switches are connected through their stacking ports.
Table 12-2. Switch stack configuration scenarios
Scenario Result
Stack master election specifically determined by
existing stack masters
Note: This is not recommended.
• Connect two powered-on switch stacks through
the stacking ports.
Only one of the two stack masters becomes the
new stack master. None of the other stack
members become the stack master.
Stack master election specifically determined by
the stack member priority value
• Connect two switches through their stacking
ports.
•Use the switch stack-member-number priority
new-priority-number global configuration
command to set one stack member to a higher
member priority value.
• Restart both stack members at the same time.
The stack member with the higher priority value is
elected stack master.