Stack Management for the Series 3400cl and 6400cl Switches 
Configuring Stack Management 
Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure 
Stacking 
The CLI enables you to do all of the stacking tasks available through the menu 
interface.) 
Table 13-6.  CLI Commands for Configuring Stacking on a Switch 
CLI Command  Operation 
show stack  Commander: Shows Commander’s stacking configuration and lists the stack 
[candidates | view | all] 
members and their individual status. 
Member: Lists Member’s stacking configuration and status, and the status and the 
IP address and subnet mask of the stack Commander. 
Options: 
candidates:  (Commander only) Lists stack Candidates. 
view: (Commander only) Lists current stack Members and their individual 
status. 
all: Lists all stack Commanders, Members and Candidates, with their individual 
status. 
[no] stack  Any Stacking-Capable Switch: Enables or disables stacking on the switch. 
Default: Stacking Enabled 
[no] stack commander <stack name>  Candidate or Commander: Converts a Candidate to a Commander or changes the 
stack name of an existing commander. 
“No” form eliminates named stack  and returns Commander and stack  Members 
to Candidate status with Auto Join set to No. 
“No” form prevents the switch from being discovered as a stacking-capable 
switch. 
Default: Switch Configured as a Candidate 
[no] stack auto-grab  Commander: Causes Commander to automatically add to its stack any discovered 
Candidate in the subnet that does not have a Manager password and has Auto-
Join set to Yes. 
Default: Disabled 
Note: If the Commander’s stack already has 15 members, the Candidate cannot 
join until an existing member leaves the stack. 
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