Making a Stack Plan
Determine member IDs of member switches.
In a stack, member switches are identified and managed using member IDs. Before adding switches to a stack, determine their member IDs to ensure that these member IDs are unique.
Determine roles of member switches.
You can specify a member switch as the master switch based on requirements. To achieve this purpose, set a higher stack priority for this member switch during software configuration. This setting ensures that it competes to be the master switch during role election. For details about role election, see Stack Setup.
Determine a stack domain ID.
Ensure that this stack domain ID is unique among all stack domain IDs on the network.
- Determine the ports used for stack connections.
You can determine the ports used for stack connections based on reliability requirements and card information. For details about the stack connection mode, see Stack Connection Modes.
Before making a stack plan, see Licensing Requirements and Limitations for Stacks to learn stack configuration requirements.