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

Configuring Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

Overview of Configuring and Bringing Up a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10 General Steps for Creating a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12

Using the Menu Interface To View Stack Status and

Configure Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13 Using the Menu Interface To View and Configure a

Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13 Using the Menu To Manage a Candidate Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15

Using the Commander To Manage The Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18 Using the Commander To Access Member Switches for Configuration Changes and Monitoring Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24 Converting a Commander or Member to a Member of

Another Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25

Monitoring Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26

Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure Stacking . . . . . . 8-30 Using the CLI To View Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32 Using the CLI To Configure a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34 Adding to a Stack or Moving Switches Between Stacks . . . . . . . 8-36 Using the CLI To Remove a Member from a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 8-41 Using the CLI To Access Member Switches for Configuration Changes and Traffic Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43

SNMP Community Operation in a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44

Using the CLI To Disable or Re-Enable Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45

Transmission Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45

Stacking Operation with Multiple VLANs Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45

Web: Viewing and Configuring Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46

Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-47

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