Madge Networks CrossFire 8300, Manual To Operation

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CrossFire 8300/8301 Stacker Guide to Operation, DOC-7092 v. 1.0 2. Switch Stacker Operation
— Default Gateway
— Subnet Mask
— IP State
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SNMP Configuration screen
— All parameters on this screen.
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Spanning Tree for BRF screen
— All parameters on this screen.
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Spanning Tree for CRF screen
— All parameters on this screen.
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Password menu
— All parameters on this menu.
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Console Configuration menu
— All parameters on this menu.
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Syslog Daemon screen
— All parameters on this screen.
Provider of Inter-box Parameters
In order for a stack to operate as a single entity, the stack must use a set of inter-box
parameters. If all of the switches in the stack contain the same configuration
information, the switch that has the lowest box number (is plugged into the lowest-
numbered stacker link port on CrossFire 8300) becomes the provider of the inter-
box parameters. If the parameters are different in any of the switches trying to form
the stack, the provider of inter-box parameters is determined as described below:
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If you connected the switches before you turned them on, a message will be
displayed on the console screen as the stack tries to form. At this point, because
there will be different configuration information in at least two of the boxes, a
temporary split-stack (two logical stacks) is formed. The units stay in a split-
stack configuration until the warning message is cleared.
The message is, as follows:
WARNING: The units trying to form a Stack have different
configurations. Please select a unit as the Stack's
configuration provider by briefly pushing the SysReq
(System Request) button on that unit. (This feature gives
you the option of selecting which unit you want to use as
a base for the Stack parameters)