Allied Telesis AT-S62 - Manual (Page 45)

AT-S62 Menus Interface User’s Guide
Section I: Basic Operations 45
Enhanced Stacking Overview
The enhanced stacking feature can make it easier for you to manage the
AT-8500 Series switches in your network. It offers the following benefits:
❑ You can manage up to 24 switches from one local or remote
management session. This eliminates the need of having to
initiate a separate management session with each switch in your
network.
❑ The switches can share the same IP address. This reduces the
number of IP addresses you have to assign to your network
devices for remote management.
❑ Remotely managing a new switch in your network is simplified.
You simply connect it to your network. Once connected to the
network, you can begin to manage it immediately from any
workstation in your network.
Guidelines
There are a few guidelines to keep in mind when implementing
enhanced stacking for your network:
❑ An enhanced stack cannot span subnets.
❑ All of the switches in an enhanced stack must use the same
management VLAN. For information about Management VLANs,
refer to Specifying a Management VLAN on page 546.
❑ You can create multiple enhanced stacks within a subnet by
assigning the switches to different Management VLANs.
❑ An enhanced stack must have at least one master switch.
❑ The master switch can be any switch that supports enhanced
stacking, such as an AT-8000 Series switch, an AT-8400 Series
switch, or an AT-8500 Series switch.
❑ You should assign the master switch an IP address and subnet
mask.
Note
No IP address is required if you intend to manage an enhanced stack
solely through the RS232 Terminal Port on a master switch.
However, remote management of a stack using Telnet, a web
browser, or an SNMP application does require assigning a master
switch an IP address and subnet mask.
❑ You must set a master switch’s stacking status to Master. For
instructions, refer to Setting a Switch’s Enhanced Stacking Status
on page 48.