Powering On The Switches Simultaneously - Allied Telesis x530 Series Installation Manual

Chapter 7: Powering On the Stack

Powering On the Switches Simultaneously

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If you want the switches of the stack to use their MAC addresses to
automatically assign the ID numbers during the initial power on sequence,
all you have to do is power them on simultaneously, rather than one at a
time as in the previous procedure. Here are the steps the switches
perform:
They initialize their management software and compare their MAC
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addresses.
The switch with the lowest address is designated as the master
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switch of the stack.
The master switch assigns itself the ID number 1.
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The master switch assigns ID numbers to the other switches.
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The other switches reset and initialize their management software
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again, with their new ID numbers.
This procedure assumes the following:
This is the first power on sequence of the stack.
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You cabled ports 27 and 28.
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.All the switches are powered off.
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If you want to monitor the power on sequence, you can connect a terminal
or PC with a terminal emulator program to the Console port on any of the
switches. The messages are found in "Monitoring the Initialization
Processes" on page 105.
To have the switches automatically assign the ID numbers, perform the
following procedure:
1. Power on all the switches in the stack at the same time.
Connect the power cords to the connectors on the back panels and to
the appropriate power sources, as shown in Figure 37 on page 95. and
Figure 38 on page 96. Refer to "Power Specifications" on page 124 for
the power specifications of the switches.
Warning
Power cord is used as a disconnection device. To de-energize
equipment, disconnect the power cord.  E3