Building a stack of three switches – Allied Telesis AT-8324 User Manual
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AT-8316F and AT-8324 Installation Guide
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Building a Stack of Three Switches
To build a stack of three switches, perform the following steps:
1. Select one of the Ethernet switches as the master switch of the
stack. The other two switches will be slave switches. In selecting
the master switch, follow these guidelines:
# The master switch can be either an AT-8316F or AT-8324
switch.
# If the switches have different versions of the AT-S25 agent
software, select the switch that has the most recent version of
the AT-S25 software as the master switch.
Note
During network operations, the master switch will overwrite the
AT-S25 software in the slave switches with its own version of the
management software. This occurs even if a slave switch contains a
more recent version of the AT-S25 software. For this reason, it is
important that the switch you select to be the master switch have
the most recent version of the management software of all the
switches in the stack.
2. Remove all components from the shipping package and store the
packaging material in a safe location.
3. Locate a level, secure surface for the switches.
Note
If you are building a stack from existing AT-8316F and AT-8324
switches, power OFF the Ethernet switches. If the switches are
connected to an AT-RPS8000 redundant power supply unit, power
OFF the AT-RPS8000 unit using the ON/OFF switch on the back
panel of the unit.
4. If you purchased expansion modules for the switches, install the
modules by performing the procedure Installing an Expansion
Module on page 3-60.
5. To install the switches in a rack, perform the procedure Installing