HP PROCURVE 2610 Advanced Traffic Management Manual page 307

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