Chapter 1 Stack; Stack Function Overview; The Main Switch Of A Stack; The Slave Switches Of A Stack - H3C S5100-SI Series Operation Manual

Operation Manual – Stack-Cluster
H3C S5100-SI/EI Series Ethernet Switches
Note:
Among S5100-EI series switches, S5100-26C-EI, S5100-26C-PWR-EI, S5100-50C-EI,
and S5100-50C-PWR-EI switches support stacks formed by 10GE stack boards.

1.1 Stack Function Overview

A stack is a management domain formed by a group of Ethernet switches
interconnected through their stack ports. A stack contains a main switch and multiple
slave switches.
Logically, you can consider a stack a single device and manage all the switches in a
stack through the main switch.

1.1.1 The Main Switch of a Stack

You can configure multiple Ethernet switches interconnected through their stack ports
to form a stack by performing configurations on one of the switches. In this case, the
switch becomes the main switch of the stack.
You can perform the following operations on a main switch:
Configuring an IP address pool for the stack
Creating the stack
Switching to slave switch view
Before creating a stack, you need to configure an IP address pool for the stack on the
main switch. When adding a switch to a stack, the main switch picks an IP address from
the IP address pool and assigns the IP address to it automatically.
After a stack is created, the main switch automatically adds the switches that
connected to its stack ports to the stack. If a stack port connection is disconnected, the
corresponding slave switch quits the stack automatically.

1.1.2 The Slave Switches of a Stack

All the switches in a stack except the main switch are slave switches.
You can configure a slave switch in a stack on the main switch.

Chapter 1 Stack

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