3Com 4500 Getting Started Manual

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F CREATING A STACKThis chapter contains the information you need to create a stack. It covers thefollowing topics:■ How To Interconnect Units■ Guidelines For Interconnecting Units■ Unit Numbering within the StackHow To InterconnectUnitsUp to eight 3Com Switch 4500 units can be interconnected to create a stack andthen treated as a single manageable unit with one IP address.You can interconnect your Switches to create a stack using a standard 1000 MbpsEthernet connection.You can only create a stack by interconnecting a 3Com Switch 4500 with other3Com Switch 4500s.This section assumes you have either set up your units for management as detailedin Chapter 3 “Managing Your Switch”or that you are using a console cableconnected to the console port to set up and allocate IP addresses and so on.3Com recommends that you do not physically connect the cables on your stackports until you have carried out the initial configuration of the stack ports asdetailed below.1 Ensure that the Switch units that you wish to interconnect have the latest softwareagent installed. You can use the display version command to check this.2 Enable the ‘up port’ and the ‘down port’ on each Switch to operate in stack modeusing the following CLI command. From the System View enter stack-portgigabitethernet 1/0/51 enable, for example.As with all Switch 4500 CLI commands, the format for entering a port- specificcommand is x/y/z, where x = unit number, y = module number (in the case of theSwitch 4500 this will always be 0), z = port number.3 Connect the stack-enabled ‘up’ port on one Switch 4500 unit to the stack-enabled‘down’ port on another Switch 4500 unit using the appropriate connectionmethod for your Switch.4 Save all configuration settings. From the User View, enter the save command tosave the configuration to your Switch.Guidelines ForInterconnecting UnitsThis section offers some guidelines for creating a stack. Using these guidelines willhelp prevent problems arising when setting up your stack.

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