HP ProCurve 2500 Using the CLI To Configure a Commander Switch

Configuring Advanced Features

Configuring Advanced Features

HP ProCurve Stack Management

Using the CLI To Configure a Commander Switch

You can configure any stacking-enabled switch to be a Commander as long as the intended stack name does not already exist on the broadcast domain. (When you configure a Commander, you automatically create a corresponding stack.)

Before you begin configuring stacking parameters:

1.Configure IP addressing on the switch intended for stack commander and, if not already configured, on the primary VLAN. (For more on configuring IP addressing, see “IP Configuration” on page 5-3.)

N o t e	The primary VLAN must have an IP address in order for stacking to operate
	properly. For more on the primary VLAN, see “Which VLAN Is Primary?” on
	page 9-53.
	2. Configure a Manager password on the switch intended for commander.
	(The Commander’s Manager password controls access to stack Mem-
	bers.) For more on passwords, see chapter 7, “Using Passwords, Port
	Security, and Authorized Managers To Protect Against Unauthorized
	Access”.
	Configure the Stack Commander. Assigning a stack name to a switch
	makes it a Commander and automatically creates a stack.
	Syntax: stack commander <name-str>
	This example creates a Commander switch with a stack name of Big_Waters.
	(Note that if stacking was previously disabled on the switch, this command
	also enables stacking.)
	HP2512(config)# stack commander Big_Waters
	As the following show stack display shows, the Commander switch is now ready
	to add members to the stack.

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