ProCurve Stack Management
Configuring Stack Management
■Default stacking configuration (Stack State set to Candidate, and Auto Join set to Yes)
■Same subnet (broadcast domain) and default VLAN as the Commander (If VLANs are used in the stack environment, see “Stacking Operation with a Tagged VLAN” on page
■No Manager password
■14 or fewer stack members at the moment
General Steps for Creating a StackThis section describes the general stack creation process. For the detailed configuration processes, see pages
1.Determine the naming conventions for the stack. You will need a stack name. Also, to help distinguish one switch from another in the stack, you can configure a unique system name for each switch. Otherwise, the system name for a switch appearing in the Stacking Status screen appears as the stack name plus an automatically assigned switch number. For example:
For status descriptions, see the table on page
Stack with unique system name for each switch.
Stack named "Online" with no previously configured system names assigned to individual switches.
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