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ProCurve Stack Management

Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Which Devices Support Stacking? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

Components of ProCurve Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

General Stacking Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

Operating Rules for Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

Specific Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

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 8-14

Using the Menu Interface To View and Configure a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14 Using the Menu To Manage a Candidate Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16

Using the Commander To Manage The Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18 Using the Commander To Access Member Switches for Configuration Changes and Monitoring Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25 Converting a Commander or Member to a Member of Another Stack 8-26

Monitoring Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27

Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure Stacking . . . . . . 8-31

Using the CLI To View Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33

Using the CLI To Configure a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35

Adding to a Stack or Moving Switches Between Stacks . . . . . . . 8-37

Using the CLI To Remove a Member from a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 8-42

Using the CLI To Access Member Switches for Configuration

Changes and Traffic Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44

SNMP Community Operation in a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45

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