Allied Telesis AT-S39 - Manual (Page 58)

Section II: Local and Telnet Management
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Enhanced Stacking Overview
The enhanced stacking feature can make it easier for you to manage the
AT-8000 Series switches in your network. It offers the following benefits:
❑ You can manage up to 24 switches from one local or remote
management session. This eliminates the need of having to start
separate management sessions for the different switches in your
network.
❑ The switches can share the same IP address. This reduces the
number of IP addresses you need to assign to your network
devices for remote management.
❑ Remotely managing a new switch in your network is simplified.
You simply connect it to your network. Once connected, you can
begin to manage it immediately from any workstation in your
network.
Guidelines Here are a few guidelines to implementing enhanced stacking in your
network:
❑ A enhanced stack can consist of any Allied Telesyn switches that
feature enhanced stacking, including the AT-8000 Series switches,
the AT-8400 Series switches, and the AT-8524M switch.
❑ An enhanced stack cannot span subnets.
❑ All of the switches in an enhanced stack must use the same
management VLAN. This is the VLAN on which the switch expects
to receive remote management packets. You can create more
than one enhanced stack in a subnet by assigning switches to
different Management VLANs. For information about
Management VLANs, refer to Designating a Management VLAN
on page 151.
❑ An enhanced stack must have at least one master switch. The
master switch can be any Allied Telesyn switch that supports
enhanced stacking.
❑ You must assign the master switch an IP address and subnet mask.
❑ You must set the master switch’s stacking status to Master.
❑ The enhanced stacking feature uses the IP address 176.16.16.16.
Do not assign this address to any device on your subnet if you
intend to use the enhanced stacking feature.