Zyxel XGS3700-48 [3/9] Purpose of this document

ZyXEL Communication Crop, 2

1. Purpose of this Document.

The main purpose of this document is to understand how ZyXEL XGS3700 switch

performs the stacking function. It will allow up to 8 of ZyXEL XGS3700 switches to

function as one logical switch.

The testing on this document will base on two switches and eight switches with the

following functions:

 LACP

 VLAN

 Firmware upgrade

 DHCP Snooping / ARP inspection

 Broadcast Storm Control

 Mirror

 QoS

 Loop Guard

 SNMP

 LLDP

The test is performed with XGS3700-48HP and XGS-3700-24. XGS3700 are

interconnected on port 27/28 on XGS3700-24 and port 51/52 on XGS3700-48HP in a

ring as the stacking function needs to run on these specific 2 ports. GS1910 performs

as an access switch.

“Force master” option is strongly recommended to be enabled on the intended

stacking master switch before building a stacking environment.