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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

HP 3500 Series Advanced Traffic Management Guide

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