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Stack Management

This section describes how to manage the stack.
It consists of the following topics:
Stack Management Overview
Stack Unit ID
Versions
Reset
Unit Identification (Location)
Stack Management Overview
A stack consists of up to eight units, with support for up to 400 network ports.
Unit 1 usually acts as the stack master and Unit 2 is the backup master. All
other units act as slaves.
The entire stack, without regard to the stack topology or the number of units
in the stack, can be managed as a single switch.
For more information about stacking, see "Stacking Overview" on page 43.
The stacking pages described in this section enable the following actions:
Switching from the Master unit to the Backup Master unit
Changing unit IDs
Viewing hardware and software versions on each unit
Resetting either a unit or all the units in the stack
Setting the Location LED on a unit(s)
Stack Unit ID
Use the Stack Unit ID pages to:
Switch stack control from the Master unit to the Backup Master unit
Change unit IDs, or enable them to be automatically numbered by the
system
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