In the Meraki dashboard, you can view and configure all of the switchports in a network in a single list. That is just how the GUI is designed. This design is called "virtual stacking." It is not actually stacking at all. It's just a marketing term for the GUI design, having all the ports in one list. This feature is automatically always-on, for all switches. Virtual stacking does not have members or non-members, and it is not an operating mode of the switches. It is simply a characteristic of the GUI. Any time you go into the Switchports page of a network, and see all of the ports in that network showing up on that page, that's what "virtual switching" is. It is a GUI feature that allows you to view and configure all of the ports in a network, from the same GUI page. All of the ports in the entire network are presented in a single list. Virtual stacking does not include any stacking functionality, nor does it have the concept of switches being members or non-members.
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