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HP Procurve Stack Management
HP Procurve Stack Management

HP Procurve Stack

Management
HP Procurve Stack Management
Stacking Features

HP 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.
Feature Default Menu CLI Web
view stack status
view status of a single switch n/a page 13-28
thru
page 13-30
page 13-33 page 13-47
view candidate status n/a page 13-33
view status of commander and its
stack
n/a page 13-34
view status of all stacking-enabled
switches in the ip subnet
n/a page 13-34
configure stacking
enable/disable candidat e Auto-Join enabled/Yes page 13-17 pa ge 13-39
“push” a candidate into a stack n/a page 13-17 page 13-39
configure a switch to be a commander n/a page 13-14 page 13-35
“push” a member into another stack n/a page 13-26 page 13-41
remove a member from a stack n/a page 13-23 page 13-42
or
page 13-43
“pull” a candidate into a stack n/a page 13-19 page 13-38
“pull” a member from another stack n/a page 13-21 page 13-40
convert a commander or member to a
member of another stack
n/a page 13-26 page 13-41
access member switches for
configuration and traffic monitoring
n/a page 13-25 page 13-44
disable stacking enabled page 13-17 page 13-46
transmission interval 60 seconds page 13-14 page 13-46