HP ProCurve series 2500 Management And Configuration Manual page 206

Configuring Advanced Features
HP ProCurve Stack Management
Table 9-3. Stacking Configuration Guide
1
Join Method
Automatically add Candidate to Stack
(Causes the first 15 eligible, discovered
switches in the subnet to automatically
join a stack.)
Manually add Candidate to Stack
(Prevent automatic joining of switches
you don't want in the stack)
Prevent a switch from being a Candidate N/A
*
The Commander's Manager and Operator passwords propagate to the candidate when it joins the stack.
The easiest way to automatically create a stack is to:
1.
2.
3.
4.
This approach automatically creates a stack of up to 16 switches (including
the Commander). However this replaces manual control with an automatic
process that may bring switches into the stack that you did not intend to
include. With the Commander's
conforming to all four of the following factors automatically becomes a stack
Member:
I
I
I
I
9-12
Commander
(IP Addressing Required)
Auto Grab
Yes
No (default)
Yes
Yes
Configure a switch as a Commander.
Configure IP addressing and a stack name on the Commander.
Set the Commander's
Auto Grab
Connect Candidate switches (in their factory default configuration) to
the network.
Default stacking configuration (
set to )
Yes
Same subnet (broadcast domain) and default VLAN as the
Commander (If VLANs are used in the stack environment, see
"Stacking Operation with a Tagged VLAN" on page 9-47.)
No Manager password
14 or fewer stack members at the moment
Candidate
(IP Addressing Optional)
Auto Join
Yes (default)
Yes (default)
No
Yes (default) or No
Disabled
parameter to .
Yes
parameter set to
Auto Grab
set to
Stack State Candidate
Passwords
*
No (default)
*
Optional
*
Optional
Configured
Optional
, any switch
Yes
, and
Auto Join