HP ProCurve 4104GL, Management And Configuration Manual

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Contents
STP Fast Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-26
Fast-Uplink Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-27
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-29
Operating Rules for Fast Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-30
Menu: Viewing and Configuring Fast-Uplink STP . . . . . . . . . . . 13-31
CLI: Viewing and Configuring Fast-Uplink STP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-37
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-40
Web: Enabling or Disabling STP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-41
14 HP Procurve Stack Management
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3
Which Devices Support Stacking? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-4
Components of HP Procurve Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5
General Stacking Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5
Operating Rules for Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6
Configuring Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-9
Overview of Configuring and Bringing Up a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-9
Using the Menu Interface To View Stack Status and
Configure Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-13
Using the Menu Interface To View and Configure a
Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-13
Using the Menu To Manage a Candidate Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15
Using the Commander To Manage The Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-17
Using the Commander To Access Member Switches for
Configuration Changes and Monitoring Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . 14-23
Converting a Commander or Member to a Member of
Another Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-24
Monitoring Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-25
Using the CLI To View Stack Status and Configure Stacking . . . . . 14-29
Using the CLI To View Stack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-31
Using the CLI To Configure a Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . 14-33
Adding to a Stack or Moving Switches Between Stacks . . . . . . 14-35
Using the CLI To Remove a Member from a Stack . . . . . . . . . . 14-40
Using the CLI To Access Member Switches for Configuration
Changes and Traffic Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-42
SNMP Community Operation in a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-43