HP ProCurve 2810-24G, Management And Configuration Manual

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ProCurve Stack Management
Configuring Stack Management
7. Ensure that the Commander has the desired
Auto Grab
setting, then press
the downarrow key:
• No (the default) prevents automatic joining of Candidates that
have their Auto Join set to Yes .
• Yes enables the Commander to automatically take a Candidate
into the stack as a Member if the Candidate has Auto Join set to
Yes ( the default Candidate setting) and does not have a previously
configured password.
8. Accept or change the transmission interval (default: 60 seconds), then
press
[Enter] to return the cursor to the
Actions
line.
9. Press [S] (for
Save
) to save your configuration changes and return to the
Stacking menu.
Your Commander switch should now be ready to automatically or manually
acquire Member switches from the list of discovered Candidates, depending
on your configuration choices.
Using the Menu To Manage a Candidate Switch
Using the menu interface, you can perform these actions on a Candidate
switch:
■ Add (“push”) the Candidate into an existing stack
■
Modify the Candidate’s stacking configuration ( Auto Join and Transmission
Interval
)
■ Convert the Candidate to a Commander
■
Disable stacking on the Candidate so that it operates as a standalone
switch
In its default stacking configuration, a Candidate switch can either automati-
cally join a stack or be manually added (“pulled”) into a stack by a Commander,
depending on the Commander’s
Auto Grab
setting. The following table lists the
Candidate’s configuration options:
Table 7-4. Candidate Configuration Options in the Menu Interface
Parameter Default Setting Other Settings
Stack State Candidate Commander, Member, or Disabled
Auto Join Yes No
Transmission
Interval 60 Seconds Range: 1 to 300 seconds