Single management connection automatic device stack configuration system

An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:

• a processing system;
• and
• a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide a stack engine that is configured to:
• receive, from a management device, stack configuration information that includes a plurality of member stack device addresses;
• identify, in a master stack device port/address database, a first subset of the plurality of member stack device addresses that were received via respective ports that are coupled to the processing system;
• configure each of the respective ports that are coupled to the processing system and that received the first subset of the plurality of member stack device addresses as stack ports;
• transmit, to each of a plurality of member stack devices that are associated with the first subset of the plurality of member stack device addresses, a second subset of the plurality of member stack device addresses that were not received via ports that are coupled to the processing system;
• receive, from at least some of the plurality of member stack devices, identifications of ports that are included on the plurality of member stack devices, that received the second subset of the plurality of member stack device addresses, and that have been configured as stack ports and, in response, cause a reboot of the each of the plurality of member stack devices;
• and
• provide, following the reboot of each of the member stack devices, a stack that includes each of the plurality of member stack devices.

A method for automatically configuring a device stack, comprising:

• receiving, by a master stack device from a management device, stack configuration information that includes a plurality of member stack device addresses;
• identifying, by the master stack device in a master stack device port/address database, a first subset of the plurality of member stack device addresses that were received via respective ports on the master stack device;
• configuring, by the master stack device, each of the respective ports on the master stack device that received the first subset of the plurality of member stack device addresses as stack ports;
• transmitting, by the master stack device to each of a plurality of member stack devices that are associated with the first subset of the plurality of member stack device addresses, a second subset of the plurality of member stack device addresses that were not received via ports on the master stack device;
• receiving, by the master stack device from at least some of the plurality of member stack devices, identifications of ports that are included on the plurality of member stack devices, that received the second subset of the plurality of member stack device addresses, and that have been configured as stack ports and, in response, causing a reboot of the master stack device and each of the plurality of member stack devices;
• and
• providing, by the master stack device following the reboot of master stack device and each of the plurality of member stack devices, a stack that includes the master stack device and each of the plurality of member stack devices.