Allied Telesis AT-9448Ts/XP (Basic Layer 3) - Manual (Page 65)

AT-9400Ts Stack Installation Guide
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Powering On the Switches of the Stack
After cabling the stacking modules, apply power to the switches of the
stack by connecting the power cords. The switches of a stack can be
powered on in any order. The units initialize their management software,
which takes about one minute, and afterwards perform the discovery
process. The discovery process, which ascertains the number of switches
in the stack, can take from fifteen seconds to several minutes to complete,
depending on the size of the stack and the number of the commands in the
active configuration file on the master switch.
You can monitor the progress of the stack during these tasks by
connecting a terminal or a personal computer with a terminal emulation
program to the Terminal Port on the stack’s master switch, assigned the
static ID number 1.
The commencement by the stack of the discovery process is signalled with
the messages in Figure 28.
Figure 28. Commencement of the Discovery Process
Note
If you see any error messages during the discovery process, go to
“Troubleshooting the Discovery Process” on page 69.
At the completion of the discovery process, the master switch displays the
number of switches in the stack and its own MAC address twice, once as
the switch of the local management session and again as the master
switch of the stack. Figure 29 is an example of the messages.
Figure 29. Conclusion of the Discovery Process
Stack discovery is in progress ...
PLEASE DO NOT ADD/DELETE UNITS TO/FROM THE STACK UNTIL THE
CURRENT STACK SETUP AND THE STACK CONFIGURATION IS LOADED.
4 module(s) discovered
Local MAC address: 00:04:75:00:00:11
Master MAC address: 00:04:75:00:00:11