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Configuring stack
Overview
The stack management feature allows you to configure and monitor a group of connected devices by
logging in to one device in the stack, as shown in Figure 25.
Figure 25 Stacking devi
ces
To set up a stack for a group of connected devices, you must log in to one device to create the stack. This
device is the master device for the stack. You configure and monitor all member devices on the master
device. The ports that connect the stack member devices are called stack ports.
Configuration task list
Perform the tasks in Table 5 to configure a stack.
Table 5 Stack configuration task list
Task Remarks
Configuring the master device of a stack:
Configuring global parameters of a stack
Required.
Configure a private IP address pool for a stack and establish the
stack, and meantime the device becomes the master device of the
stack.
By default, no IP address pool is configured for a stack and no stack
is established.
Configuring stack ports
Required.
Configure the ports of the master device that connect to member
devices as stack ports.
By default, a port is not a stack port.