SMC Networks SMC TigerStack II SMC6624M - Manual (Page 12)

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Contents
Using the Menu Interface To View Stack Status And Configure
Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Using the Menu Interface To View and Configure a Commander
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Using the Menu To Manage a Candidate Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Using the Commander To Manage The Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Using the Commander To Access Member Switches for
Configuration Changes and Monitoring Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Converting a Commander or Member to a Member of Another
Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Monitoring Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure Stacking . . . . . . 9-29
Using the CLI To View Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Using the CLI To Configure a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Adding to a Stack or Moving Switches Between Stacks . . . . . . . 9-35
Using the CLI To Remove a Member from a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Using the CLI To Access Member Switches for Configuration
Changes and Traffic Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
SNMP Community Operation in a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-44
Using the CLI To Disable or Re-Enable Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Transmission Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Stacking Operation with Multiple VLANs Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Web: Viewing and Configuring Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46
Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Port-Based Virtual LANs (Static VLANs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-48
Overview of Using VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
VLAN Support and the Default VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
Which VLAN Is Primary? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
Per-Port Static VLAN Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
General Steps for Using VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
Notes on Using VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
Menu: Configuring VLAN Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
To Change VLAN Support Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
Adding or Editing VLAN Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
Adding or Changing a VLAN Port Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-58
CLI: Configuring VLAN Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-60
Web: Viewing and Configuring VLAN Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-66
VLAN Tagging Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67