Chapter Contents - HP ProCurve series 2500 Management And Configuration Manual

Configuring Advanced Features

Chapter Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
HP ProCurve Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9- 5
Which Devices Support Stacking? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Components of HP ProCurve Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
General Stacking Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Operating Rules for Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Specific Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9- 9
Overview of Configuring and Bringing Up a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
General Steps for Creating a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Using the Menu Interface To View Stack Status And
Configure Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Using the Menu Interface To View and Configure a
Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Using the Menu To Manage a Candidate Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Using the Commander To Manage The Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Using the Commander To Access Member Switches for
Configuration Changes and Monitoring Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Converting a Commander or Member to a Member of
Another Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Monitoring Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9- 28
Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure Stacking . . . . . 9-32
Using the CLI To View Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9- 34
Using the CLI To Configure a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Adding to a Stack or Moving Switches Between Stacks . . . . . . 9-38
Using the CLI To Remove a Member from a Stack . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Using the CLI To Access Member Switches for Configuration
Changes and Traffic Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
SNMP Community Operation in a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9- 46
Using the CLI To Disable or Re-Enable Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9- 47
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