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Stack Management for the Series 3400cl and

6400cl Switches

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Introduction to Stack Management on Series 3400cl and Series

6400cl Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2

Stacking Support on HP ProCurve Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2

Components of HP ProCurve Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4

General Stacking Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4

Operating Rules for Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6

Configuring Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8

Overview of Configuring and Bringing Up a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8

Using the Menu Interface To View Stack Status and Configure

Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12

Using the Commander To Manage The Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16

Monitoring Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-24

Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure Stacking . . . . . 13-28

Using the CLI To View Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-30

Using the CLI To Configure a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . 13-32

Adding to a Stack or Moving Switches Between Stacks . . . . . . 13-34

Using the CLI To Remove a Member from a Stack . . . . . . . . . . 13-39

Using the CLI To Access Member Switches for Configuration

Changes and Traffic Monitoring

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SNMP Community Operation in a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-42

Using the CLI To Disable or Re-Enable Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-43

Transmission Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-43

Stacking Operation with Multiple VLANs Configured . . . . . . . . . . . 13-43

Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-44

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HP ProCurve 5308xl User Manual

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