D-Link DES-3326SR User Manual page 45

DES-3326SR Layer 3 Fast Ethernet Switch User's Guide
with the IP settings it had before becoming a member of the
switch stack
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If a new Master is elected, all Switches in the stack will
automatically reboot. This includes situations where the
new Master is determined by MAC address, for example, if
the original Master is removed from the stack.
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The Master Switch can be chosen automatically. Switch
software auto-detects the MAC address of each Switch in
the stack. The Switch with the lowest value MAC address is
elected to function as the Master. The remaining Switches
are ordered according to the relative value of their
respective MAC addresses (see the following example).
Determining the Switch Stack Order
Using the auto stacking mode, five MAC addresses appear in
the order listed in the table below:
Stack Order
1(Master)
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Table 5-1. Switch Stack Order − First
Now let us suppose you wish to add another Switch to this
stack. The new Switch has a MAC address 001122334450.
After rebooting all the Switches in the stack, the newly added
Switch becomes the Master Switch. The new automatically
determined stack order becomes
MAC Address
001122334451
001122334452
001122334453
001122334454
001122334455
Not in use
Not in use
Not in use
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