General Steps For Creating A Stack - SMC Networks SMC6624M Management Manual

Configuring Advanced Features
Stack Management

General Steps for Creating a Stack

This section describes the general stack creation process. For the detailed
configuration processes, see pages 9-12 through 9-36 for the menu interface
and pages 9-29 through 9-41 for the CLI.
1.
Figure 9-4. Use of System Name to Help Identify Individual Switches
2.
9-10
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 (the default).
No
For status
descriptions, see the
table on page 9-46.
Stack with unique
system name for each
switch.
Stack named "Online"
with no previously
configured system
names assigned to
individual switches.