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Establishing a stack
An administrator can establish a stack as follows:
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Configure a private IP address pool for a stack and create the stack on the network device which is
desired to be the master device.
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Configure ports between the stack devices as stack ports.
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The master device automatically adds the slave devices into the stack, and assigns a number for
each stack member.
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The administrator can log in to any slave device from the master device of the stack, and perform
configurations for the slave device.
Stack configuration task list
Complete the following tasks to configure stack:
Task
Remarks
Configuring a private IP address pool for a
stack
Required
Required
Configuring the master device of a
stack
Required
Configuring stack ports of a slave device
Required
Logging in to the CLI of a slave from the master
Optional
Configuring the master device of a stack
Configuring a private IP address pool for a stack
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Configure a private IP address
pool for the stack
stack ip-pool
ip-address
{
mask
|
mask-length
}
Required
By default, no IP address pool is
configured for a stack.
NOTE:
•
If a device is already configured as the master device of a stack or is already a slave device of
a stack, you cannot configure a private IP address pool on the device.
•
When you configure a private IP address pool for a stack, the number of IP addresses in the
address pool needs to be equal to or greater than the number of devices to be added to the
stack. Otherwise, some devices may not be able to join the stack automatically for lack of private
IP addresses.