General Steps For Creating A Stack - HP 4108GL Management And Configuration Manual

HP Procurve Stack Management
HP Procurve Stack Management

General Steps for Creating a Stack

This section describes the general stack creation process. For the detailed
configuration processes, see pages 13-14 through 13-38 for the menu interface
and pages 13-31 through 13-43 for the CLI.
1.
Figure 13-4. Use of System Name to Help Identify Individual Switches
2.
13-12
Determine the naming conventions for the stack. You will need a stack
name. Also, to help distinguish one switch from another in the stack, you
can configure a unique system name for each switch. Otherwise, the
system name for a switch appearing in the Stacking Status screen appears
as the stack name plus an automatically assigned switch number. For
example:
Configure the Commander switch. Doing this first helps to establish
consistency in your stack configuration, which can help prevent startup
problems.
• A stack requires one Commander switch. If you plan to implement
more than one stack in a subnet (broadcast domain), the easiest
way to avoid unintentionally adding a Candidate to the wrong
stack is to manually control the joining process by leaving the
Commander's Auto Grab
• The Commander assigns its Manager and Operator passwords to
any Candidate switch that joins the stack.
• SNMP community names used in the Commander apply to stack
members.
parameter set to No (the default).
For status
descriptions, see the
table on page 13-48.
Stack with unique
system name for each
switch.
Stack named "Online"
with no previously
configured system
names assigned to
individual switches.