Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 56)

Chapter 3: Enhanced Stacking
56 Section I: Basic Operations
Setting a Switch’s Enhanced Stacking Status
The enhanced stacking status of the switch can be master, slave, or
unavailable. Each status is described below:
ˆ Master - A master switch of a stack can be used to manage other
enhanced stacking switches in a subnet. After you have established a
local or remote management session with the master switch, you can
access and manage the other enhanced stacking switches in the
subnet.
In order to manage the switches of an enhanced stack using the web
browser interface, you must assign the master switch a unique IP
address. You can manually assign the address or activate the BOOTP
or DHCP client software on the switch so that it automatically obtains
an IP address from a BOOTP or DHCP server on your network. Refer
to “Configuring an IP Address and Switch Name” on page 38 and
“Activating the BOOTP or DHCP Client Software” on page 41 for
further information.
ˆ Slave - A slave switch can be remotely managed through a master
switch. It does not need an IP address or subnet mask.
ˆ Unavailable - A switch with an unavailable stacking status cannot be
remotely managed through a master switch. A switch with this
designation can be managed locally. To be managed remotely, a
switch with an unavailable stacking status must be assigned a unique
IP address.
Note
The default setting for a switch is slave.
Note
The only switch whose stacking status you can change through a
web browser management session is the switch where you started
the management session, typically a master switch. You cannot
change the stacking status of a switch accessed through enhanced
stacking. If the switch does not have an IP address and subnet
mask, you must use a local management session to change its
stacking status.
To configure a switch’s enhanced stacking status, perform the following
procedure:
1. From the Home page, select Configuration.