Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 66)

Chapter 5: Enhanced Stacking
66 Section I: Basic Features
Setting a Switch’s Enhanced Stacking Status
The enhanced stacking status of the switch can be master, slave, or
unavailable. Each status is described below:
❑ Master - A master switch of a stack can be used to manage other
enhanced stacking switches in a subnet. After you have
established a local or remote management session with the
master switch, you can access and manage the other enhanced
stacking switches in the subnet.
A master switch must have a unique IP address. You can
manually assign a master switch an IP address or activate the
BOOTP and DHCP client software on the switch so that the
switch automatically obtains an IP address from a BOOTP or
DHCP server on your network.
❑ Slave - A slave switch can be remotely managed through a master
switch. It does not need an IP address or subnet mask.
❑ Unavailable - A switch with an unavailable stacking status cannot
be remotely managed through a master switch. A switch with this
designation can be managed locally. To be managed remotely, a
switch with an unavailable stacking status must be assigned a
unique IP address.
Note
The default setting for a switch is slave.
To adjust a switch’s enhanced stacking status, perform the following
procedure:
1. From the Home page, select Configuration.
The Configuration System page is displayed with the General tab
selected by default, as shown in Figure 5 on page 40.
2. From the Configuration menu, select the Layer 2 option.
The Layer 2 page is displayed with the MAC Address tab selected
by default, as shown in Figure 23 on page 90.
3. Select the Enhanced Stacking tab.