Package Contents - NETGEAR GS728TXS Hardware Installation Manual

Switch software is downloaded separately for each stack member. However, all units in the
stack must be running the same software version.
A stack unit can operate in one of the following modes:
• A standalone unit runs as a general switch. The standalone unit does not run the stacking
application until it is connected to a stack.
• The master unit manages the entire stack, and is responsible for the entire stack
configuration. All protocols run in the context of the master unit. It updates and
synchronizes the backup master.
• A master-backup unit runs as a slave unit as described earlier, and in addition, it
continuously monitors the existence and operation of the stack master. If the master unit
fails, the master-backup unit assumes the stack-master role (switchover).
• A slave unit runs only a slave version of the distributed switching algorithm, which allows
the applications running on the master unit's CPU to control and manage the resources of
the slave unit.
A stack can contain a mix of up to six GS728TXS and GS752TXS switches.

Package Contents

The following figure shows the package contents of the smart switch. (The figure shows the
GS752TXS Smart Switch; however, the GS728TXS Smart Switch has the same package
contents.)
Link/Act Mode
Power
Green=Link at 1G
Fan
Yellow=Link at 10/
100M
Stack
Master
ID
Reset Factory
Defaults
Figure 1. Package contents
GS728TXS/GS752TXS Smart Switch
8
SFP
+
Green=10G Link Yellow=1G
Blink=ACT