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ProCurve Stack Management

Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Which Devices Support Stacking? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

Components of ProCurve Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

General Stacking Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

Operating Rules for Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

Specific Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

Configuring Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

Overview of Configuring and Bringing Up a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

General Steps for Creating a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12

Using the Menu Interface To View Stack Status

and Configure Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

Using the Menu Interface To View and Configure

a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

Using the Menu To Manage a Candidate Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16

Using the Commander To Manage The Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18

Using the Commander To Access Member Switches for

Configuration Changes and Monitoring Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25

Converting a Commander or Member to a Member

of Another Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26

Monitoring Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27

Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure Stacking . . . . . . 7-31

Using the CLI To View Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33

Using the CLI To Configure a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35

Adding to a Stack or Moving Switches Between Stacks . . . . . . . 7-37

Using the CLI To Remove a Member from a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42

Using the CLI To Access Member Switches for Configuration

Changes and Traffic Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44

SNMP Community Operation in a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45

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HP ProCurve Series 2810 Specifications

General

Layer	Layer 2
Form Factor	Rack-mountable
Power Supply	Internal
Jumbo Frame Support	Yes
Uplink Ports	4 x dual-personality ports (10/100/1000 or mini-GBIC)
Switching Capacity	48 Gbps
Throughput	35.7 Mpps
Forwarding Rate	35.7 million pps
Management	Web, SNMP, CLI
MAC Address Table Size	16000 entries
Routing Protocol	Static routing
Features	VLAN support, QoS, IGMP snooping
Operating Temperature	32°F to 113°F (0°C to 45°C)
Operating Humidity	15% to 95% non-condensing
Model	HP ProCurve Series 2810
Ports	24 x 10/100/1000 (Gigabit)