Stacking realization method and stackable equipment

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a stacking realization method, which comprises the following steps: first equipment broadcasts a stacking enabled message via a first port, wherein the stacking enabled message carries information for other pieces of equipment to establish the stacking relationship with the first equipment, the first equipment is the main equipment of a stacking system, the first port for broadcasting the stacking enabled message is used as the stacking port of the first equipment, and the first port is positioned on the first equipment; the first equipment receives a first stacking confirmation message sent by second piece of equipment, wherein the first stacking confirmation message carries the MAC (media access control) address of the second equipment and the information of a stacking port which takes the second port as the second equipment and faces to the first equipment, and the second port is positioned on the second equipment; and the first equipment switches the first port to a stacking port from a common service port to record the MAC address of the second equipment and the topological relationship of the first port and the second port. According to the above embodiment, switches can carry out auto-negotiation to establish a stacking system without manual configuration.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the communication field, in particular to a stacking realization method and a stackable device. Background technique [0002] Stacking refers to combining more than one switch to work together to provide as many ports as possible in a limited space. Multiple switches are stacked to form a stacking system. For the connected devices outside the stacking system, several components of the stacking system are formed. A switch is a switch. One of the multiple switches that make up the stack system acts as the master device and is responsible for the management of the entire stack system. [0003] Generally, there are several ways to realize the stacking system. For example, the switch is provided with a dedicated stacking port, and the stacking port is only used for information transmission in the stacking system, such as consistency information between switches and real-time synchronization data. It cannot be used as a com...

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Problems solved by technology

However, this method needs to manually specify the roles of the connected ports between the stacked devices. When the number of stacked devices is large, the deployment workload of the staff is heavy, and misconfigurations are likely to occur, which affects the operation of the stacking system.

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