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ProCurve Stack Management

Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 Which Devices Support Stacking? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Components of ProCurve Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 General Stacking Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

Operating Rules for Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Specific Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

Configuring Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

Overview of Configuring and Bringing Up a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10 General Steps for Creating a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12

Using the Menu Interface To View Stack Status

and Configure Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14 Using the Menu Interface To View and Configure

a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14 Using the Menu To Manage a Candidate Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16

Using the Commander To Manage The Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Using the Commander To Access Member Switches for

 

Configuration Changes and Monitoring Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-25

Converting a Commander or Member to a Member

 

of Another Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-26

Monitoring Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27

Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure Stacking . . . . . . 7-31

Using the CLI To View Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33

Using the CLI To Configure a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35

Adding to a Stack or Moving Switches Between Stacks . . . . . . . 7-37

Using the CLI To Remove a Member from a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42

Using the CLI To Access Member Switches for Configuration

Changes and Traffic Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44

SNMP Community Operation in a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45

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