Connect Your Stack To The Management Network - Extreme Networks 7720 Installation Manual

Connect Your Stack to the Management Network

Rack A
Slot 1
Figure 11: Top-of-Rack Stack Installation
Table 9 lists the recommended order for connecting the stacking ports in this example.
Table 9: Stacked Switches across Several Racks: Connections
Connect this slot and port . . .
Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Connect Your Stack to the Management Network
Before you can configure Switch Engine for a new stack, your management console
must be connected to at least one switch in the stack.
Connect your management console to the Ethernet management port on the switch
that will become the stack primary node. If you plan to configure redundancy, connect
to the console ports of all switches in the stack that will be primary-capable.
If you followed the cabling examples in
on page 33, and if you use the Easy Setup configuration procedure, only slots 1 and
2 can become the primary node. However, you can connect all switch management
ports in the stack if you choose to do so. There is an alternate IP address configuration
that will enable you to log in directly to each switch in the stack through its Ethernet
management port.
See the Switch Engine User's Guide for the version of Switch Engine you are using, for
instructions to perform the software configuration for your stack.
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Rack B Rack C
Slot 2
Rack A Port 2
Rack B Port 2
Rack D Port 2
Rack E Port 2
Rack C Port 2
Rack D
Slot 5 Slot 3
. . . To this slot and port
Slot 2 Rack B
Slot 3 Rack D
Slot 4 Rack E
Slot 5 Rack C
Slot 1 (Rack A
Connect the Switches to Form the Stack Ring
Build Stacks
Rack E
Slot 4
Port 1
Port 1
Port 1
Port 1
Port 1