Manual Assignment - Dell POWERCONNECT 5524 Getting Started Manual

Manual Assignment

To assign unit IDs to the switches in the stack, do the following for each
switch in the stack:
1 Connect the switch to the terminal, as described in "Connecting the
Switch to the Terminal".
2 Turn on the switch to begin auto boot and press Return or Esc to abort and
enter the Start Up menu.
Startup Menu
[1]Download Software
[2]Erase Flash File
[3]Password Recovery Procedure
[4]Set Terminal Baud-Rate
[5]Stack menu
[6]Back
3 Select Stack menu to open the Stack Menu.
[1]Show unit stack id
[2]Set unit stack id
[3]Back
4 Select Set unit stack id. Enter either a Unit ID or 0. 0 indicates that the
unit ID will be assigned automatically.
NOTE:
The entire stack should be installed, as shown in Figure 2-1, before powering
up the switches.
For more information on stacking, see the Dell PowerConnect 5500 Series User
Guide on the Documentation CD.
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Stacking