Operating Rules for Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Specific Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Configuring Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Using the Menu Interface To View Stack Status and
Using the Menu Interface To View and Configure a
Using the Commander To Access Member Switches for
Converting a Commander or Member to a Member of
Using the CLI To Access Member Switches for Configuration
Overview of Configuring and Bringing Up a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
General Steps for Creating a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Configure Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Using the Menu To Manage a Candidate Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
Using the Commander To Manage The Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18
Configuration Changes and Monitoring Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
Another Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Monitoring Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure Stacking . . . . . . 8-30
Using the CLI To View Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
Using the CLI To Configure a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
Adding to a Stack or Moving Switches Between Stacks . . . . . . . 8-36
Using the CLI To Remove a Member from a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 8-41
Changes and Traffic Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43
SNMP Community Operation in a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44
Using the CLI To Disable or Re-Enable Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
Transmission Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
Stacking Operation with Multiple VLANs Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
Web: Viewing and Configuring Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-47
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