Powering On The Switches Of The Stack - Allied Telesis AT-9448Ts Installation Manual

Powering On the Switches of the Stack

After cabling the stacking modules, apply power to the switches of the
stack by connecting the power cords. The switches of a stack can be
powered on in any order. The units initialize their management software,
which takes about one minute to complete, and afterwards perform the
discovery process. The discovery process can take from fifteen seconds to
several minutes to complete, depending on the size of the stack and the
number of the commands in the active configuration file on the master
switch.
You can monitor the progress of the stack during these tasks by
connecting a terminal or a personal computer with a terminal emulation
program to the Terminal Port on the stack's master switch, assigned the
static ID number 1. (If the switches are using dynamic ID numbers, the
master switch will be the unit with the lowest MAC address. A switch's
MAC address is printed on a label on the back panel.)
The commencement by the stack of the discovery process is signalled with
the messages in Figure 27.
Stack discovery is in progress ...
PLEASE DO NOT ADD/DELETE UNITS TO/FROM THE STACK UNTIL THE
CURRENT STACK SETUP AND THE STACK CONFIGURATION IS LOADED.
Figure 27. Commencement of the Discovery Process
Note
If you see any error messages during the discovery process, go to
"Troubleshooting the Discovery Process" on page 71.
The master switch, after the discovery process is completed, displays
messages that include the number of switches in the stack and its own
MAC address twice, once as the switch of the local management session
and again as the master switch of the stack. Figure 28 is an example of the
messages.
4 module(s) discovered
Local MAC address: 00:04:75:00:00:11
Master MAC address: 00:04:75:00:00:11
Figure 28. Conclusion of the Discovery Process
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