4.12 IP Stacking
4.12.1 About IP Stacking
IP Stacking function enables you to use a single IP address and standard network cabling to manage a group of
up to 8 PLANET WSW-2401A/WGSW-2840/5240 switches in the same IP subnet (broadcast domain).
Once one switch had been operated as the Master of a stack, additional switches can join the IP stack by manual
methods to setting with the same group name. After a switch becomes a Client and stack group member, you can
work through the Master switch to further configure the Member switch as necessary for all of the IP Stack
features available in the switch.
4.12.2 IP Stacking Configuration
Before the IP Stacking Configuration, the network manager have to identify the roles of the stackable switches –
the
Master
mode and
Client
mode. At a IP stacking group domain, there is only one Master switch and many
Client switches. If there’re more than one switch be configured to the Master mode, the it will depends on the
“System Priority” to elect a active Master. The others with Master mode would be Backup Master.
To join a IP Stack group, both the Master and Client have to be assigned with the same string at “
IP Stacking
Group
” filed.
Once the switch be assigned as a Client switch, it’s not allowed to management the Client switch with its original
system IP address. That is, the administrator has to configure the Client switch via the Master switch
mamagement UI.
The following fields can be set for IP Stacking configuration:
Current mode
: Display the current mode of IP Stacking, there’re three possible statuses:
•
Disable – The IP Stacking function is disabled.
