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Configuring System Information

ProSafe M5300 Switch

Stacking

A stackable switch is a switch that is fully functional operating as a stand-alone unit but can

also be set-up to operate together with up to seven other switches. This group of switches

shows the characteristics of a single switch while having the port capacity of the sum of the

combined switches.

From the Stacking link under the System tab, you can access the following pages:

• Stack Configuration on page 72

• Stack Port Configuration on page 74

• Stack Port Diagnostics on page 76

• Stack Firmware Synchronization on page 77

One of the switches in the stack controls the operation of the stack. This switch is called the

stack master. The remaining switches in the stack are stack members. The stack members

use stacking technology to behave and work together as a unified system. Layer 2 and higher

protocols present the entire switch stack as a single entity to the network.

The stack master is the single point of stack-wide management. From the stack master, you

configure the following:

• System-level (global) features that apply to all stack members

• Interface-level features for all interfaces on any stack member

A switch stack is identified in the network by its network IP address. The network IP address

is assigned according to the MAC address of the stack master. Every stack member is

uniquely identified by its own stack member number, which is from 1–6. The stack master can

be any number within that range.

Stack Features

Stacking on the ProSafe M5300 switches supports the following:

• Up to eight switches per stack, which can be any combination of the following switch

models:

• M5300 Series (all models)

• GSM7328S

• GSM7352S

• GSM7328FS

• GSM7328Sv2

• GSM7352Sv2

• GSM7228PS

• GSM7252PS.

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