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AT-9400 Stack Installation Guide

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.

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.

Figure 28. Conclusion of the Discovery Process

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.

4 module(s) discovered

Local MAC address: 00:04:75:00:00:11

Master MAC address: 00:04:75:00:00:11

1 2 ... 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 ... 99 100

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