HP ProCurve 2500 Status:, Features, show stack view, Figure 9-30.Example Showing the Stack After Adding a New Member

Configuring Advanced Features

HP ProCurve Stack Management

For example, if the HP 8000M in the above listing did not have a Manager password and you wanted to make it a stack Member with an SN of 2, you would execute the following command:

HP2512(config)# stack member 2 mac-address 0060b0-dfla00

The show stack view command then lists the Member added by the above command:

Configuring Advanced Features

SN (Switch Number) 2 is the new Member added by the stack member command.

The new member did not have a System Name configured prior to joining the stack, and so receives a System Name composed of the stack name (assigned in the Commander) with its SN number as a suffix.

Figure 9-30. Example Showing the Stack After Adding a New Member

Using Auto Join on a Candidate. In the default configuration, a Candidate ’s Auto Join parameter is set to “Yes”, meaning that it will automatically join a stack if the stack’s Commander detects the Candidate and the Commander ’s Auto Grab parameter is set to “Yes”. You can disable Auto Join on a Candidate if you want to prevent automatic joining in this case. There is also the instance where a Candidate’s Auto Join is disabled, for example, when a Commander leaves a stack and its members automatically return to Candidate status, or if you manually remove a Member from a stack. In this case, you may want to reset Auto Join to “Yes”.

Status:	[no] stack auto-join
HP2512(config)# no stack auto-join		Disables Auto Join on a
		Candidate.
HP 2512(config)# stack auto-join		Enables Auto Join on a
		Candidate.

Using a Candidate CLI To Manually “Push” the Candidate Into a Stack . Use this method if any of the following apply:

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