ProCurve Stack Management

Operation

Operation

Stacking Features

Feature

Default

Menu

CLI

Web

view stack status

 

 

 

 

 

 

view status of a single switch

n/a

page 8-27

page 8-32

page 8-46

 

 

thru

 

 

 

 

 

page 8-29

 

 

 

view candidate status

n/a

 

 

page 8-32

 

 

view status of commander and its

n/a

 

 

page 8-33

 

 

 

 

 

 

stack

 

 

 

 

 

 

view status of all stacking-enabled

n/a

 

 

page 8-33

 

 

switches in the ip subnet

 

 

 

 

 

 

configure stacking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

enable/disable candidate Auto-Join

enabled/Yes

page 8-16

page 8-38

 

 

“push” a candidate into a stack

n/a

page 8-16

page 8-39

 

 

configure a switch to be a commander

n/a

page 8-13

page 8-34

 

 

“push” a member into another stack

n/a

page 8-25

page 8-40

 

 

remove a member from a stack

n/a

page 8-22

page 8-41

 

 

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

 

page 8-42

 

 

“pull” a candidate into a stack

n/a

page 8-18

page 8-37

 

 

“pull” a member from another stack

n/a

page 8-20

page 8-39

 

 

convert a commander or member to a

n/a

page 8-25

page 8-40

 

 

member of another stack

 

 

 

 

 

 

access member switches for

n/a

page 8-24

page 8-43

 

 

configuration and traffic monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

disable stacking

enabled

page 8-16

page 8-45

 

 

transmission interval

60 seconds

page 8-13

page 8-45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ProCurve Stack Management (termed stacking) enables you to use a single IP address and standard network cabling to manage a group of up to 16 total switches in the same IP subnet (broadcast domain). Using stacking, you can:

Reduce the number of IP addresses needed in your network.

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