NETGEAR S3300 - Smart M4300;S3300 Stacking Notes and Restrictions

Configure System Information
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S3300 Smart Managed Pro Switch
Note: NETGEAR recommends assigning the highest priority value to the
switch that you prefer to be the stack manager. This ensures that the
switch is re-elected as stack manager if a re-election occurs.
• The switch with the higher MAC address
A stack manager retains its role unless one of these events occurs:
• The stack manager is removed from the switch stack
• The stack manager is reset or powered off
• The stack manager has failed
• The switch stack membership is increased by adding powered-on standalone switches or
switch stacks
In the case of a manager re-election, the new stack manager becomes available after a few
seconds.
If a new stack manager is elected and the previous stack manager becomes available, the
previous stack manager does not resume its role as stack manager.
Smart M4300/S3300 Stacking Notes and Restrictions
In release 6.6.4, two M4300 models (M4300-12X12F/M4300-24X) are able to be stacked
with S3300 models. This section describes the notes and restrictions when M4300 is mixed
stacking with S3300 running 6.6.4.x firmware.
1. M4300-12X12F/M4300-24X (hereafter referred to as M4300) and S3300 have separate
6.6.4.x images to support this mixed stacking.
a. These switches need to be upgraded to their respective new images before they can
be put into stacking.
b. In order to load the 6.6.4.x image into an M4300 unit running firmware
12.0.0.x/12.0.2.x older than 12.0.2.17, the M4300 should be loaded with a new
12.0.2.x image (12.0.2.17 or newer) first.
c. Once an S3300 unit is running with a 6.6.4 image, it can be brought back to the
M4300 family by directly downloading and activating a 12.0.0.x/12.0.2.x image into
it.
For the procedures regarding upgrading M4300/S3300 firmware, see Smart M4300/S3300
Firmware Upgrade Procedure on page 356.
2. On the two M4300 models, a maximum of four 10G ports (any four from the eight available
ports below) can be configured as stacking ports.
• M4300-24X: port 17–24
• M4300-12X12F: port 9–12 and port 21–24
3. M4300 with 6.6.4.x image scales down to the S3300 feature set to become part of the
stacking.
a. AVB will not be available even in Standalone mode on M4300.