HP ProCurve 6400cl Series - Contents; Introduction to Stack Management on Series 3400 Cl and Series; 6400 Cl Switches

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Stack Management for the Series 3400cl and
6400cl Switches
Contents
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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