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HP Procurve Stack Management
HP Procurve Stack Management
HP Procurve Stack 
Management
Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure StackingThe CLI enables you to do all of the stacking tasks available through the menu
interface.)
Table 13-6. CLI Commands for Configuring Stacking on a Switch
CLI Command Operation
show stack
[candidates | view | all]
Commander: Shows Commander’s stacking configuration and lists the stack 
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 thei r 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 Command er 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 sta ck any discovered 
Candidate in the subnet that does not have a Manager passwo rd 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.