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AT-S39 User’s Guide
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Enhanced Stacking Overview
The enhanced stacking feature can make it easier for you to manage the
AT-8024, AT-8024GB, and AT-8026FC Fast Ethernet 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
initiate a separate management session for each switch in your
network.
❑ The switches can share the same IP address. This reduces the
number of IP addresses that 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 to the
network, you can begin to manage it immediately from any
workstation in your network.
Guidelines There are a few guidelines to keep in mind when implementing
enhanced stacking for your network:
❑ Each subnet in your network constitutes an enhanced stack. You
cannot have multiple enhanced stacks in a subnet.
❑ Each subnet must have at least one master switch.
❑ You must assign the master switch an IP address and subnet mask.
❑ You must change the master switch’s stacking status to Master.
There are three basic steps to implementing this feature on your
network:
1. You must select a switch in your network to function as the master
switch of the stack.
You can select any AT-8024, AT-8024GB, or AT-8026FC Fast
Ethernet Switch to act as the master switch of an enhanced stack.
If your network consists of more than one subnet, there must be
at least one master switch in each subnet.
It is advisable that there be at least two master switches in each
enhanced stack. That way, should you remove a master switch
from the network, such as for maintenance, you can still manage
the switches in the subnet through the other master switch.