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AT-8316F and AT-8324 Installation Guide
Stacking Ports
On the back of the switch are two stacking ports (Figure 1-7). The
ports are used to interconnect AT-8316F and AT-8324 switches to
form logical switches. A logical switch consists of two or more
individual switches that function as one unit. This feature allows you
to build a switch that is customized to the needs and requirements of
your network. It also makes it easier to manage them since, rather
than having to mange the switches individually, you can manage all
the switches as one unit.
STACK ID
IS-A
IS-B
0
Stacking Ports
Figure 1-7 Stacking Ports
Interconnecting two or more AT-8316F or AT-8324 switches creates
what is referred to as a stack. A stack can consist of either the same
type of Ethernet switches or different types of switches. For example,
a stack can consist of a combination of AT-8316F/MT and AT-8324
switches. The result would be one logical switch, where the
individual switches themselves were different in the number and
types of ports.
Each stacking port provides two gigabits of full-duplex bandwidth
between switches. A stack of two or three switches does not require
any additional hardware other than the switches and the
AT-CABLE-4 cables that comes with the units. Creating a stack of four
to eight switches requires the optional AT-Stack8 Stacking Matrix
Module.
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