Chapter 1 Stack; Stack Function Overview; The Main Switch Of A Stack; The Slave Switches Of A Stack - H3C S3100-52P Operation Manual

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Operation Manual – Stack-Cluster

H3C S3100-52P Ethernet Switch

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.

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.

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.

The following are the phases undergone when a stack is created.

Connect the intended main switch and slave switches through stack modules and

dedicated stack cables. (Refer to H3C S3100-52P Ethernet Switch Installation

Manual for the information about stack modules and stack cables.)

Configure the IP address pool for the stack and enable the stack function. The

main switch then automatically adds the switches connected to its stack ports to

Chapter 1 Stack

Chapter 1 Stack

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