Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 12)

Chapter 1: Local Management Sessions
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Switch Configurations
A local management session can be used to manage one switch or
perhaps several switches, depending on the configuration.
Stand-alone or
Slave Switch
A local management session on a stand-alone switch or a slave switch of
an enhanced stack provides management access to just that switch.
When you want to manage a different switch, you have to start a local
session on the other unit.
Master Switch of
an Enhanced
Stack
A local management session on the master switch of an enhanced stack
gives you management access to all of the switches in the stack. When
you are finished managing one unit, you can redirect the session to a
different unit without having to end the original session.
To identify the master switch of an enhanced stack, observe the Status
Master LED on the front panel of the switches. This LED will be green on a
master switch.
For information about enhanced stacking, refer to the AT-S63
Management Software Features Guide.
Stack of Basic
Layer 3 Switches
The switches of a stack of AT-9400 Basic Layer 3 Switches and the
AT-StackXG Stacking Module are managed as a unit. As such, a local
management session on the master switch of the stack automatically
gives you access to all of the switches.
To identify the master switch, observe the Stack Master LED on the front
panels. The LED will be green on the master switch. After the session is
started, you have complete management access to all the switches, in the
stack.
For more information about stacking with the AT-StackXG Stacking
Module, refer to Chapter 1, Overview in the AT-S63 Stack Command Line
Interface User’s Guide.