Allied Telesis AT-SBx81CFC960, Installation Manual

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SwitchBlade x8112 Chassis Switch and AT-SBx81CFC960 Card Installation Guide
Section III: Building a Stack with VCStack Plus 293
Enabling the Stacking Feature
Now that you have activated the VCStack Plus feature license on the
controller card, you may enable the stacking feature, as explained in this
section.
To activate the stacking feature, perform the following procedure:
1. Enter the CONFIGURE TERMINAL command to move from the
Privileged Exec mode to the Global Configuration mode:
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)#
2. Enter the STACK ENABLE command to activate the VCStack Plus
feature:
awplus(config)# stack enable
The switch displays the messages in Figure 175
Figure 175. STACK ENABLE Command Messages
The messages are described in Table 25.
% Automatically enabling ‘stack virtual-mac’ to minimize disruption from
failovers.
% Please check that the new MAC 0000.cd37.0c22 is unique within the network.
% Save the config and restart the system for this change to take affect.
Table 25. Descriptions of the STACK ENABLE Command Messages
Message Description
Automatically enabling ‘stack
virtual-mac’ to minimize disruption
from failovers.
This message informs you that
enabling the stacking feature also
activates the virtual MAC address
feature, which allows the two
switches of the stack to use a
single MAC address to
communicate with other network
devices.
Please check that the new MAC
0000.cd37.0c22 is unique within
the network.
This message displays the virtual
MAC address of the switch. The
address is randomly selected from
the range of 0000.cd37.0000 to
0000.cd37.0fff.