[M4300] M4300-24X24F (XSM4348S) Stacking, new environment, other brand switches

Hi all,

here I am again.

This week I received 2 M4300 24X24F switches so I could start experimenting.

Just to say: It are the first switches I manage which I can actually connect with a USB cable, and I love it :)

ALready have extra PSUs ordered also :)

Now some questions.

I gave the 2 switches each their own IP addres, and updated their firmware to the latest version:

• 192.168.0.2 (SW1)
• 192.168.0.3 (SW2)

Now I created the stack on SW1 according to the manual, and now I was able to connect to the stack on 192.168.0.2

And no possibility to connect to 192.168.0.3, is that correct? So all configuration is being done through the IP address of SW1?

I now changed this to 192.168.0.1, are 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3 now free to use? Or is SW2 IP address needed in case SW1 fails?

And all configuration I do now is saved on both switches?

I also created VLANs and LACP distributed over both switches, all are working great.

However in the web interface I see something unusual.

I configured port 41-48 on both switches being stacking ports.

Now when I go to the VLAN configuration and I look at VLAN members, it does not matter which VLAN I select, on these ports they will always be shown as untagged.

Is this a glitch in the web interface? Or is it a serious problem?

And now my last question, something I have not been able to find a real answer on yet.

I plan on running several VLAN (1, 80-83,90-91,101|) on this stack for various services.

For 1 VLAN (101) I want this stack to act as DHCP server, other VLANs have their own DHCP.

However it should also still be possible to have traffic between VLAN 1 and 101.

How can I accomplish this best?