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Chapter 3: Connecting the Switch
Stack Troubleshooting and Maintenance
Linksys One Ready Communications Solution
managed by the newly-elected Stack Master. The original switches retain their ID
assignments and configurations. The units that originally belonged to the group
managed by the Stack Master that lost its “mastership” are shut down.
Inserting a Standalone Unit into a Running Stack
If a unit is in standalone mode, it will not participate in the Master Discovery process (it will
not look for a Stack Master and will not respond to master queries). As a result, it will not
join the stack but will continue to run as a standalone unit. The ports that are connected to
the other units’ stacking links will not pass any traffic, and the Stack Master will consider
them as failed stacking links and route all traffic around them.