ProCurve Stack Management

Configuring Stack Management

Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure

Stacking

The CLI enables you to do all of the stacking tasks available through the menu interface.)

Table 8-6. CLI Commands for Configuring Stacking on a Switch

CLI Command

Operation

show stack

Commander: Shows Commander’s stacking configuration and lists the stack

[candidates view all]

members and their individual status.

 

Member: Lists Member’s stacking configuration and status, and the status and the

 

IP address and subnet mask of the stack Commander.

 

Options:

 

candidates: (Commander only) Lists stack Candidates.

 

view: (Commander only) Lists current stack Members and their individual

 

status.

 

all: Lists all stack Commanders, Members and Candidates, with their individual

 

status.

 

 

[no] stack

Any Stacking-Capable Switch: Enables or disables stacking on the switch.

 

Default: Stacking Enabled

[no] stack commander <stack name> Candidate or Commander: Converts a Candidate to a Commander or changes the stack name of an existing commander.

No” form eliminates named stack and returns Commander and stack Members to Candidate status with Auto Join set to No.

 

No” form prevents the switch from being discovered as a stacking-capable

 

switch.

 

Default: Switch Configured as a Candidate

 

 

[no] stack auto-grab

Commander: Causes Commander to automatically add to its stack any discovered

 

Candidate in the subnet that does not have a Manager password and has Auto-

 

Join set to Yes.

 

Default: Disabled

 

Note: If the Commander’s stack already has 15 members, the Candidate cannot

 

join until an existing member leaves the stack.

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