Managing Omniswitch 6800 Series Stacks; In This Chapter - Alcatel OmniSwitch 6800 Series Hardware User's Manual

3 Managing OmniSwitch
In addition to working as individual stand-alone switches, OmniSwitch 6800 Series switches can also be
linked together to work as a single virtual chassis known as a stack. With stacks, users can easily expand
their switching capacity simply by adding additional switches to the stack. In addition, stacks provide
enhanced resiliency and redundancy features. For more information, refer to
Note. See Chapter 2, "OmniSwitch 6800 Series Chassis and Hardware Components,"
managing OmniSwitch 6800 Series switches in a stand-alone configuration.

In This Chapter

The chapter provides information on OmniSwitch 6800 Series switches configured to operate as a single
virtual chassis. Topics described in this chapter include:
OmniSwitch 6800 Series stack overview on
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Roles within the stack on
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Stack cabling on
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Slot numbering on
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Hot-Swapping modules in a stack on
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Understanding tokens on
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Reloading switches on
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Changing the secondary module to primary on
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Synchronizing switches in a stack on
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Monitoring the stack on
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Note. You can also manage and monitor OmniSwitch 6800 Series stacks with WebView, Alcatel's
embedded web-based device management application. WebView is an interactive and easy-to-use GUI
that can be launched from OmniVista or a web browser. Please refer to WebView's online documentation
for more information.
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6800 Series Stacks
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