Stacking Information - D-Link xStack DES-6500 User Manual

Stacking Information

The following window displays detailed information about the stacking of the line cards set in the chassis. The DES-6500
may incorporate up to eight hot-swappable line cards for varying port counts of up to one hundred and ninety-two (192)
10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet ports or up to ninety-two (92) 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet ports.
When the line cards are properly interconnected through their optional Stacking Modules, information about the resulting
switch stack is displayed under the Stack Information link.
To view the stacking information, click on the Stacking Information link from the Monitoring folder:
The Stacking Information window holds the following information:
Parameters
Box ID
Type
Exist
Priority
Prom Version
Runtime Version
H/W Version
Topology
Current State
Box Count
xStack DES-6500 Modular Layer 3 Chassis Ethernet Switch User Manual
Figure 9- 1 . Stacking Information window
Description
Displays the slot order in the chassis.
Displays the model name of the corresponding switch in a stack.
Denotes whether a switch does or does not exist in a stack.
Displays the priority ID of the line card. The lower the number, the higher the priority.
The line card with the lowest priority number in the stack denotes the Master module.
Shows the PROM in use for the Switch. This may be different from the values shown
in the illustration.
Shows the firmware version in use for the line card. This may be different from the
values shown in the illustrations.
Shows the hardware version in use for the line card. This may be different from the
values shown in the illustration.
Show the current stacking topology employed using this Switch.
Displays the current stacking state of the Switch, which may be MASTER or SLAVE.
Displays the number of line cards currently in use in the chassis.
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