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HP Procurve Stack
Management
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HP Procurve Stack Management
Chapter Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3
HP Procurve Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
Which Devices Support Stacking? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Components of HP Procurve Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6
General Stacking Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6
Operating Rules for Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7
General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7
Specific Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8
Overview of Configuring and Bringing Up a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-10
General Steps for Creating a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Using the Menu Interface To View Stack Status and
Configure Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14
Using the Menu Interface To View and Configure a
Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14
Using the Menu To Manage a Candidate Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16
Using the Commander To Manage The Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
Using the Commander To Access Member Switches for
Configuration Changes and Monitoring Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-25
Converting a Commander or Member to a Member of
Another Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-26
Monitoring Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-27
Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure Stacking . . . . . 13-31
Using the CLI To View Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-33
Using the CLI To Configure a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . 13-35
Adding to a Stack or Moving Switches Between Stacks . . . . . . 13-37
Using the CLI To Remove a Member from a Stack . . . . . . . . . . 13-42
Using the CLI To Access Member Switches for Con figuration
Changes and Traffic Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-44
SNMP Community Operation in a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-45
Using the CLI To Disable or Re-Enable Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-46