ProCurve Stack Management

Configuring Stack Management

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In the default stack configuration, the Candidate Auto Join parameter is enabled, but the Commander Auto Grab parameter is disabled. This prevents Candidates from automatically joining a stack prematurely or joining the wrong stack (if more than one stack Commander is configured in a subnet or broadcast domain). If you plan to install more than one stack in a subnet, ProCurve recommends that you leave Auto Grab disabled on all Commander switches and manually add Members to their stacks. Similarly, if you plan to install a stack in a subnet (broadcast domain) where stacking-capable switches are not intended for stack membership, you should set the Stack State parameter (in the Stack Configuration screen) to Disabled on those particular switches.

Configuring Stack Management

Overview of Configuring and Bringing Up a Stack

This process assumes that:

All switches you want to include in a stack are connected to the same subnet (broadcast domain).

If VLANs are enabled on the switches you want to include in the stack, then the ports linking the stacked switches must be on the primary VLAN in each switch (which, in the default configuration, is the default VLAN). If the primary VLAN is tagged, then each switch in the stack must use the same VLAN ID (VID) for the primary VLAN. (Refer to “The Primary VLAN” on page 2-6,and “Stacking Operation with Multiple VLANs Configured” on page 7-46.)

If you are including an ProCurve Switch 8000M, 4000M, 2424M,

2400M, or 1600M in a stack, you must first update all such devices to software version C.08.03 or later. (You can get a copy of the latest software version from the ProCurve Networking Website and/or copy it from one switch to another. For downloading instructions, see appendix A, “File Transfers”, in the Management and Configuration Guide for these switch models.)

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