Stack Configuration; Stack Configuration Overview; Introduction To Stack; Establishing A Stack - HP A3100-8 v2 EI Configuration Manual

Stack configuration

Stack configuration overview

To manage network devices situated at distant sites as a whole, you can connect the network devices and
perform necessary configurations to establish a stack, helping reduce customer investments and simplify
network management.

Introduction to stack

A stack is a management domain that comprises several network devices connected to one another
through stack ports. In a stack, there is a master device and several slave devices.
An administrator can manage all the devices in a stack through the master device.
network diagram for stack management.
Figure 51 Network diagram for stack management
Master device: In a stack, the master device acts as the configuration interface in stack
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management. Management and monitoring of all the devices in the stack are performed through
the master device.
Slave devices: Managed devices in a stack.
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• Stack port: Ports between stack devices.

Establishing a stack

An administrator can establish a stack as follows:
Configure a private IP address pool for a stack and create the stack on the network device which is
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desired to be the master device.
Configure ports between the stack devices as stack ports.
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• The master device automatically adds the slave devices into the stack, and assigns a number for
each stack member.
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