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Using the Commander To Manage The Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Using the Commander To Access Member Switches for
Configuration Changes and Monitoring Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Converting a Commander or Member to a Member of
Another Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Monitoring Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure Stacking . . . . . . 9-32
Using the CLI To View Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Using the CLI To Configure a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Adding to a Stack or Moving Switches Between Stacks . . . . . . . 9-38
Using the CLI To Remove a Member from a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Using the CLI To Access Member Switches for Configuration
Changes and Traffic Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
SNMP Community Operation in a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46
Using the CLI To Disable or Re-Enable Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Transmission Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Stacking Operation with Multiple VLANs Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Web: Viewing and Configuring Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-48
Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49
Port-Based Virtual LANs (Static VLANs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50
Overview of Using VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
VLAN Support and the Default VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Which VLAN Is Primary? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Per-Port Static VLAN Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
General Steps for Using VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-56
Notes on Using VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-56
Menu: Configuring VLAN Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
To Change VLAN Support Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
Adding or Editing VLAN Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-59
Adding or Changing a VLAN Port Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-60
CLI: Configuring VLAN Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-62
Web: Viewing and Configuring VLAN Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-68
VLAN Tagging Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-69
Effect of VLANs on Other Switch Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-73
Spanning Tree Protocol Operation with VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-73
IP Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-73
VLAN MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-74
Port Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-74
Port Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-74
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