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.
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Configure ports between the stack devices as stack ports.
The master device automatically adds the slave devices into the stack, and assigns a number for
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each stack member.
The administrator can log in to any slave device from the master device of the stack, and perform
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configurations for the slave device.
Stack configuration task list
Complete the following tasks to configure stack:
Task
Configuring the master device of a
stack
Configuring stack ports of a slave device
Logging in to the CLI of a slave from the master
Configuring the master device of a stack
Configuring a private IP address pool for a stack
To do...
Enter system view
Configure a private IP address
pool for the stack
NOTE:
If a device is already configured as the master device of a stack or is already a slave device of
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a stack, you cannot configure a private IP address pool on the device.
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When you configure a private IP address pool for a stack, the number of IP addresses in the
address pool needs to be equal to or greater than the number of devices to be added to the
stack. Otherwise, some devices may not be able to join the stack automatically for lack of private
IP addresses.
Configuring a private IP address pool for a
stack
Configuring stack ports
Creating a stack
Use the command...
system-view
stack ip-pool ip-address { mask |
mask-length }
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Remarks
Required
Required
Required
Required
Optional
Remarks
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Required
By default, no IP address pool is
configured for a stack.