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ProCurve Stack Management
Operation
Operation
Stacking Features
ProCurve Stack Management (termed stacking) enables you to use a single
IP address and standard network cabling to manage a group of up to 16 total
switches in the same IP subnet (broadcast domain). Using stacking you can:
■ Reduce the number of IP addresses needed in your network.
Feature Default Menu CLI Web
view stack status
view status of a single switch n/a page 7-28
thru
page 7-30
page 7-33 page 7-47
view candidate status n/a page 7-33
view status of commander and its
stack
n/a page 7-34
view status of all stacking-enabled
switches in the ip subnet
n/a page 7-34
configure stacking
enable/disable candidate Auto-Join enabled/Yes page 7-17 page 7-39
“push” a candidate into a stack n/a page 7-17 page 7-40
configure a switch to be a commander n/a page 7-14 page 7-35
“push” a member into another stack n/a page 7-26 page 7-41
remove a member from a stack n/a page 7-23 page 7-42
or
page 7-43
“pull” a candidate into a stack n/a page 7-19 page 7-38
“pull” a member from another stack n/a page 7-21 page 7-40
convert a commander or member to a
member of another stack
n/a page 7-26 page 7-41
access member switches for
configuration and traffic monitoring
n/a page 7-25 page 7-44
disable stacking enabled page 7-17 page 7-46
transmission interval 60 seconds page 7-14 page 7-46