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Using the BayStack 410-24T 10BASE-T Switch
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309985-C Rev 00
You can downline upgrade the entire stack from any switch in the stack.
You can access and manage the stack using a TELNET connection or any 
generic SNMP management tool through any switch port that is part of the 
stack configuration.
When stacking three or more switches, use the longer (1-meter) cascade 
max-return cable (PN 303979-A) to complete the link from the last unit in the 
stack to the base unit.
Redundant Cascade Stacking Feature
BayStack 410-24T switches allow you to connect up to eight units into a 
redundant cascade stack. If any single unit fails or if a cable is accidently 
disconnected, other units in the stack remain operational, without interruption.
 shows an example of how a stack configuration reacts to a failed or 
powered-down unit in the stack configuration:
1.
As shown in 
, unit 3 becomes nonoperational.
This can be the result of a failed unit, or simply because the unit was powered 
down.
2.
Unit 2 and unit 4, directly upstream and downstream from unit 3, sense the 
loss of link signals from unit 3.
a.
Units 2 and 4 automatically loop their internal stack signals (A and B).
b.
The Cas Up LED for unit 2 and the Cas Dwn LED for unit 4 turn on 
(yellow) to indicate that the stack signals are looped.
3.
The remaining stack units remain connected.
Although the example shown in 
 shows a failed unit causing the stack 
to loop signals at the points of failure (A and B), the system reacts the same way if 
a cable is removed.