HP 3500 Series

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6 Stack Management for the 3500, 3500yl, 6200yl
and 6600 Switches
Introduction to Stack Management on
the 3500, 3500yl, 6200yl and 6600 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Components of HP Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
General Stacking Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Operating Rules for Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Specific Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Configuring Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Overview of Configuring and Bringing Up a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
General Steps for Creating a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Using the Menu Interface To View Stack Status
and Configure Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Using the Menu Interface To View and Configure a
Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Using the Menu To Manage a Candidate Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Using the Commander To Manage The Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Using the Commander To Access Member Switches for
Configuration Changes and Monitoring Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Converting a Commander or Member to a Member
of Another Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Monitoring Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure Stacking . . . . . . 6-27
Using the CLI To View Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29
Using the CLI To Configure a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31
Adding to a Stack or Moving Switches Between Stacks . . . . . . . 6-33
Using the CLI To Remove a Member from a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 6-38
Using the CLI To Access Member Switches for Configuration
Changes and Traffic Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40
SNMP Community Operation in a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
Using the CLI To Disable or Re-Enable Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43
Transmission Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43
Stacking Operation with Multiple VLANs Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43
Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-44