HP ProCurve Series 4100GL Management And Configuration Manual page 363

HP ProCurve Stack Management
Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3
Which Devices Support Stacking? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-4
Components of HP ProCurve Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5
General Stacking Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5
Operating Rules for Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-7
Configuring Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-9
Overview of Configuring and Bringing Up a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-9
Using the Menu Interface To View Stack Status and Configure
Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-13
Using the Menu Interface To View and Configure a
Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-13
Using the Menu To Manage a Candidate Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-15
Using the Commander To Manage The Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-17
Using the Commander To Access Member Switches for
Configuration Changes and Monitoring Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-23
Converting a Commander or Member to a Member of
Another Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-24
Monitoring Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-25
Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure Stacking . . . . . 15-29
SNMP Community Operation in a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-43
Using the CLI To Disable or Re-Enable Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-44
Transmission Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-44
Stacking Operation with Multiple VLANs Configured . . . . . . . . . . . 15-44
Web: Viewing and Configuring Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-45
Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-46
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