Allied Telesis AT-MCF2000M - Manual (Page 26)

Chapter 1: Overview
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A chassis with the AT-MCF2000S Stacking Module must be
managed through the stack because the module does not
have a port for a local connection.
Note
The traffic on the Stack ports on the AT-MCF2000M
and AT-MCF2000S Modules is limited to management
packets from the management and stacking modules.
These ports do not carry media converter traffic.
A media converter channel in a chassis of a stack
operates as an independent entity. Its network traffic is
restricted to that channel and cannot crossover to
another media converter channel in the same chassis
or stack.
Maximum
Number of
Media
Converter
Modules
A stack can have up to 16 media converter modules. Since
the maximum size of a stack is determined not by the
number of chassis but by the number of media converter
modules, you must count the number of slots in the units of
the proposed stack before cabling the stacking ports. If the
number of slots exceed 16 units, you must divide the units
into more than one stack.
For example, a stack made up exclusively of the
AT-MCF2000 chassis, which has two media converter slots
per unit, can have up to 16 media converter modules:
8 chassis x 2 slots =16 media converter modules
Note
The AT-MCF2000 chassis was the only chassis model
available when this manual was published. For
information on the availability of other chassis models
in the AT-MCF2000 Media Converter Series, contact
your Allied Telesis sales representative.
Chassis ID
Numbers
Each chassis in a stack must have a unique chassis ID
number from 0 to 31. The AT-S97 Management Software
uses the chassis ID numbers to identify the different
devices in a stack.
You set the chassis ID numbers on the AT-MCF2000M and
AT-MCF2000S modules. The chassis ID number for the
AT-MCF2000M Management Module, set with a jumper on
the circuit board, can be either 0 or 31. The default value of