3Com Switch 4500 Family, Getting Started Manual

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Unit Numbering within the Stack 67
Unit Numbering
within the Stack
When a stack is created using the Switch 4500 the unit numbering can
be determined in two ways.
■
You can manually assign unit IDs 1 to 8 to specific units using the
c
hange[self-unit, unit-id] to [1-8,
auto-numbering]
command from the System View. If you
manually assign unit IDs to a Switch via the
change
command the IDs
will be retained after a power cycle.
If you add a unit to a stack that has previously been manually
configured with a unit ID and this conflicts with an ID already within
the stack, then the Switch with the lowest MAC address assumes the
ID in question and the other unit will automatically renumber.
3Com recommends that you manually assign the unit IDs within the stack
if you wish to have predictability of knowing which units have which IDs
at all times.
■
Stack topology is ‘discovered’ and the units auto-number their IDs.
Adding and removing units from the stack does not cause any
renumbering to occur and the stack will continue to work normally.
Renumbering only occurs when the stack is next power cycled if the units
are configured to auto-number.
The unit LEDs will display the unit number in the stack, from 1 to 8.
Figure 22 Resilient Stack example (using 4 units)
If you are having problems, refer to “Solving Stack Formation Problems”
on page 75.
3CR17561-91 SuperStack 3 Switch 4500 26-Port
1000BASE-X
10/100BASE-TX 10/100/1000BASE-T
Speed: (100Base-TX) Green = 100Mbps Yellow = 10Mbps (1000Base-X) Green = 1000Mbps Yellow = 10/100Mbps Duplex: Green = Full Duplex, Yellow = Half Duplex
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3CR17561-91 SuperStack 3 Switch 4500 26-Port
1000BASE-X
10/100BASE-TX
10/100/1000BASE-T
Speed: (100Base-TX) Green = 100Mbps Yellow = 10Mbps (1000Base-X) Green = 1000Mbps Yellow = 10/100Mbps Duplex: Green = Full Duplex, Yellow = Half Duplex
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3CR17561-91 SuperStack 3 Switch 4500 26-Port
1000BASE-X
10/100BASE-TX
10/100/1000BASE-T
Speed: (100Base-TX) Green = 100Mbps Yellow = 10Mbps (1000Base-X) Green = 1000Mbps Yellow = 10/100Mbps Duplex: Green = Full Duplex, Yellow = Half Duplex
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3CR17562-91 SuperStack 3 Switch 4500 50-Port
PWR
RPS
Duplex:Green = Full Duplex, Yellow = Half Duplex Speed:Green = 100Mbps, Yellow = 10Mbps
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