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Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Which Devices Support Stacking? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Components of ProCurve Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
General Stacking Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Operating Rules for Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Specific Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Configuring Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Overview of Configuring and Bringing Up a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
General Steps for Creating a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Using the Menu Interface To View Stack Status
and Configure Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
Using the Menu Interface To View and Configure
a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
Using the Menu To Manage a Candidate Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Using the Commander To Manage The Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Using the Commander To Access Member Switches for
Configuration Changes and Monitoring Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Converting a Commander or Member to a Member
of Another Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
Monitoring Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure Stacking . . . . . . 7-31
Using the CLI To View Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Using the CLI To Configure a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Adding to a Stack or Moving Switches Between Stacks . . . . . . . 7-37
Using the CLI To Remove a Member from a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Using the CLI To Access Member Switches for Configuration
Changes and Traffic Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
SNMP Community Operation in a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
Using the CLI To Disable or Re-Enable Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
Transmission Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
Stacking Operation with Multiple VLANs Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
Web: Viewing and Configuring Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
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