NETGEAR NETGEAR Switch Stack Management Connectivity, Switch Stack Configuration Scenarios

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

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 12-2provides 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		Only one of the two stack masters becomes the
existing stack masters		new stack master. None of the other stack
Note: This is not recommended.		members become the stack master.
• Connect two powered-on switch stacks through
the stacking ports.
Stack master election specifically determined by		The stack member with the higher priority value is
the stack member priority value		elected stack master.
• 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.

Managing Switch Stacks 12-9

202-10088-01, March 2005