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Chapter5 Clustering Switches
Planning a Switch Cluster
Figure5-5 Discovery of Newly Installed Switches in Different Management VLANs
HSRP and Standby Command Switches
The switch supports Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) so that you can configure a group of standby
command switches. Because a command switch manages the fo rwarding o f a ll c om mun icat ion an d
configuration information to all the member switches, we strongly recommend that you configure a
cluster standby command switch to take over if the primary command switch fails.
A cluster standby group is a group of command-capable switches that meet the requirements described
in the “Standby Command Switch Characteristics” section on page 5-2. Only one cluster standby group
can be assigned per cluster.
Note When the command switch is a Catalyst3550 switch, all standby command switches must be
Catalyst 3550 switches.
When the command switch is a Catalyst 2955 switch running Cisco IOS Rele ase 12.1(12c)EA1 or
later, all standby command switches must be Catalyst 2955 switch running Cisco IOS
Release 12.1(12c)EA1 or later.
When the command switch is a Catalyst 2950 switch running Cisco IOS Release12.1(9)E A1 or
later, all standby command switches must be Catalyst2950 switches running Cisco IOS
Release 12.1(9)EA1 or later.
When the command switch is a Catalyst 2950 switch running Cisco IOS Release12.1(6)E A2 or
later, all standby command switches must be Catalyst2950 switches running Cisco IOS
Release 12.1(6)EA2 or later.
When the command switch is a Catalyst 2940 switch running Cisco IOS Release12. 1(13)AY or
later, all standby command switches must be Catalyst 2940 switches running Cisco IOS
Release 12.1(13)AY or later.
When the command switch is running Cisco IOS Release 12.0(5)WC2 or earlier, the standby
command switches can be these switches: Catalyst 2900X L, Cata lyst 2950, and Catalyst 3500 XL
switches.
Command switch
New (out-of-box)
Catalyst 1900
switch
AP
Catalyst 2940
switch
VLAN 9
VLAN 9
VLAN 16
VLAN 16
New (out-of-box)
Catalyst 2820
switch
Catalyst 3500 XL
switch
AP
(Management
VLAN 9) (Management
VLAN 16)
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