Allied Telesis AT-8324 - Manual (Page 31)

AT-8316F and AT-8324 Installation Guide
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Switch Stacks
On the back panel of the Ethernet switches are two stacking ports.
You use these ports to interconnect switches together to create a
stack. A stack of switches functions as one logical switch, rather than
as individual units.
A stack can consist of from two to eight switches. As explained in the
following sections, building a stack or two or three switches does not
require any additional hardware. A stack of from four to eight
switches requires the optional AT-Stack8 module.
Stack of Two or
Three Switches
Creating a stack of two or three Ethernet switches requires no
additional hardware other than the AT-CABLE-4 cable that comes
with the switches. Figure 2-1 illustrates two Ethernet switches that
have been interconnected through the stacking ports to form a
logical switch.
Figure 2-1 Stack of Two Ethernet Switches
Creating a stack of three switches also does not require any
additional hardware, as illustrated in Figure 2-2.
Figure 2-2 Stack of Three Ethernet Switches
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