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Stack Management for the 3500, 3500yl, 6200yl and 6600 Switches
Configuring Stack Management
■ Stacking uses only the primary VLAN on each switch in a stack.
■ The primary VLAN can be tagged or untagged as needed in the
stacking path from switch to switch.
■ The same VLAN ID (VID) must be assigned to the primary VLAN in
each stacked switch.
Status Messages
Stacking screens and listings display these status messages:
Message Condition Action or Remedy
Candidate Auto- Indicates a switch configured with Stack State None required
join set to Candidate, Auto Join set to Yes (the
default), and no Manager password.
Candidate Candidate cannot automatically join the stack Manually add the candidate to the stack.
because one or both of the following conditions
apply:
• Candidate has Auto Join set to No.
• Candidate has a Manager password.
Commander Member has lost connectivity to its Commander. Check connectivity between the Commander and
Down the Member.
Commander Up The Member has stacking connectivity with the None required.
Commander.
Mismatch This may be a temporary condition while a Candi- Initially, wait for an update. If condition persists,
date is trying to join a stack. If the Candidate does reconfigure the Commander or the Member.
not join, then stack configuration is inconsistent.
Member Down A Member has become detached from the stack. Check the connectivity between the Commander
A possible cause is an interruption to the link and the Member.
between the Member and the Commander.
Member Up The Commander has stacking connectivity to the None required.
Member.
Rejected The Candidate has failed to be added to the stack. The candidate may have a password. In this case,
manually add the candidate. Otherwise, the stack
may already be full. A stack can hold up to 15
Members (plus the Commander).
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