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Chapter 10 Configuring Interface Characteristics
Using the Internal Ethernet Management Port
For a nonstacking-capable switch or a standalone stacking-capable switch, connect the Ethernet
management port to the PC as shown in Figure 10-2.
Figure 10-2 Connecting a Switch to a PC
Figure 10-3 shows how to connect the Ethernet management ports in the switch stack to the PC.
All the Ethernet management ports on the stack members in the same enclosure are managed by the CMC
software that the enclosure is running. However, only the Ethernet management port for the stack master
is enabled. The active link is from the Ethernet management port on the stack master through the CMC
to the PC. If the stack master fails and a new stack master is elected, a new active link from the Ethernet
management port on the new stack master through the CMC to the PC must be established. In a stack
that has members in multiple enclosures, the PC must be able to connect to all of the enclosures with
stack members.
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