Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 94)

Chapter 4: Enhanced Stacking
94 Section I: Basic Operations
General Steps Here are the basic steps to implementing the enhanced stacking feature
on the AT-9400 Series switches in your network:
1. Select a switch to act as the master switch of the enhanced stack. This
can be any Allied Telesyn switch that supports this feature. In a stack
with different switch models, Allied Telesyn recommends using an
AT-9400 Series as the master switch. For further information, refer to
“Enhanced Stacking Compatibility” on page 92.
2. On the switch chosen to be the master switch, change its stacking
status to Master. For instructions, refer to “Setting a Switch’s
Enhanced Stacking Status” on page 95.
3. Create a common port-based or tagged VLAN on each switch and
interconnect the devices using twisted pair or fiber optic ports of the
VLAN. As mentioned earlier, the slaves switches can be connected
indirectly through other switches to the master switch, so long as there
is an uninterrupted path of the common VLAN to the master switch.
For instructions on how to create a VLAN, refer to Chapter 24, “Port-
based and Tagged VLANs” on page 587. This step is not necessary if
you use the Default_VLAN (VID 1) as the common VLAN.
4. On the master switch, assign a routing interface to the common VLAN.
5. On the master switch designate the interface assigned to the common
VLAN as the local interface.
6. On the slave switches, add a routing interface to the common VLAN.
You do not need to designate it as the local interface. This step is not
necessary if you use the Default_VLAN (VID 1) as the common VLAN.
For instructions on how to create routing interfaces and how to designate
a local interface, refer to Chapter 29, “Internet Protocol Version 4 Routing
Interfaces” on page 695.
Note
The initial configuration of the enhanced stacking feature on a
master switch must be performed through a local management
session.