HP PROCURVE 2610 Advanced Traffic Management Manual page 317

Table 8-3. 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
*
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. Configure a switch as a Commander.
2. Configure IP addressing and a stack name on the Commander.
3. Set the Commander's
4. Connect Candidate switches (in their factory default configuration) to
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 Auto Grab parameter set to Yes, any switch
conforming to all four of the following factors automatically becomes a stack
Member:
■
■
■
■
Commander
(IP Addressing Required)
Auto Grab
Yes
No
(default)
Yes
Yes
N/A
Auto Grab
the network.
Default stacking configuration (Stack State set to Candidate, and Auto
Join 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 8-45.)
No Manager password
14 or fewer stack members at the moment
ProCurve Stack Management
Configuring Stack Management
Candidate
(IP Addressing Optional)
Auto Join
Yes
(default)
Yes
(default)
No
Yes No
(default) or
Disabled
parameter to .
Yes
Passwords
*
No (default)
*
Optional
*
Optional
Configured
Optional
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