D-Link TM DES-6500, Manual

Page: 242 / 352

DES-6500 Chassis-based Layer 3 Ethernet Switch Manual
241
Stacking Information
The following window displays detailed information about the stacking of the line cards set in the chassis. The DES-6500
may incorporate up to eight hot-swappable line cards for varying port counts of up to one hundred and ninety-two (192)
10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet ports or up to ninety-two (92) 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet ports.
When the line cards are properly interconnected through their optional Stacking Modules, information about the resulting
switch stack is displayed under the
Stack Information link.
To view the stacking information, click on the Stacking Information link from the Monitoring folder:
Figure 9- 10. Stacking Information window
The Stacking Information window holds the following information:
Parameters Description
Box ID Displays the slot order in the chassis.
Type Displays the model name of the corresponding switch in a stack.
Exist Denotes whether a switch does or does not exist in a stack.
Priority Displays the priority ID of the line card. The lower the number, the higher the priority.
The line card with the lowest priority number in the stack denotes the Master module.
Prom Version Shows the PROM in use for the Switch. This may be different from the values shown
in the illustration.
Runtime Version Shows the firmware version in use for the line card. This may be different from the
values shown in the illustrations.
H/W Version Shows the hardware version in use for the line card. This may be different from the
values shown in the illustration.
Topology Show the current stacking topology employed using this Switch.
Current State Displays the current stacking state of the Switch, which may be MASTER or SLAVE.
Box Count Displays the number of line cards currently in use in the chassis.