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CLUSTER CONFIGURATION GUIDE

Cluster Configuration The cluster function is implemented through 3Com Group Management Protocol version 2 (Switch Clusteringv2). Using Switch Clusteringv2, you can manage multiple switches through the public IP address of a master device. In a cluster, the master switch is called the management device, and the managed switches are called member devices. The member devices are not configured with public IP addresses. They are managed and maintained through the management device redirection.

Network Diagram Figure 74 Network diagram for cluster

 

Internet

SNMP / logging host (NMS)

FTP/TFTP Server

Eth1/0/1

63.172.55.1

 

69.172.55.4

 

 

 

Management

VLAN-interface 2:

 

device

163.172.55.1

 

 

Eth1/0/3

Eth1/0/2

 

Cluster

Eth1/0/1

Eth1/0/1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Member device

Member device

 

 

MAC: 000f.e201.0011

MAC: 000f.e201.0012

Networking and

Configuration

Requirements

Three switches form a cluster, where:

A Switch 5500 serves as the management device.

The other two switches are member devices.

Serving as the management device, the Switch 5500 manages the two member devices. The configurations for the cluster are as follows:

The two member devices are connected to Ethernet 1/0/2 and Ethernet 1/0/3 of the management device.

The management device connects to the Internet through Ethernet 1/0/1.

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