The stack master and the other switches in the stack are stack members. Stack members use stacking technology to behave and work together as a unified system.
A switch stack has up to 8 stack members connected through their stacking ports. A switch stack always has one stack master.
A standalone switch is a switch stack with one stack member that also operates as the stack master. You can connect one standalone switch to another to create a switch stack containing two stack members, with one of them being the stack master. You can connect standalone switches to an existing switch stack to increase the stack membership.
The operation of the switch stack continues uninterrupted during membership changes unless you remove the stack master or you add powered-on standalone switches or switch stacks.
For more information, see the following support articles:
- What is a switch stack, stack master, and stack members and how do they work with my managed switch?
- What are stack member numbers and how do they work with my managed switch?
- What are stack member priority values and how do they work with my managed switch?
- How do I use connectivity to manage the switch stack on my managed switch?
This article applies to the following managed switches and their respective firmware:
- M5300 - firmware version 10.0.0.x
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- M5300-28G (GSM7228S)
- M5300-5G (GSM7252S)
- M5300-28G3 (GSM7328Sv2h2)
- M5300-52G3 (GSM7352Sv2h2)
- M5300-28G_POE+ (GSM7228PSv1h2)
- M5300-52G-POE+ (GSM7252PSv1h2)
- M5300-28GF3 (GSM7328FSv2)
- XSM7224S - firmware version 9.0.1.x