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Chapter5 Clustering Switches
Planning a Switch Cluster
When the command switch is a Catalyst 2955 switch running Cisco IOS Release 12.1(12c)EA1
or later, all standby command switches must be Catalyst 2955 switches running Cisco IOS
Release 12.1(12c)EA1 or later.
When the command switch is a Catalyst 2950 switch running Cisco IOS Release 12.1(9)EA1 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 Release 12.1(6)EA2 or
later, all standby command switches must be Catalyst 2950 switches running Cisco IOS Release
12.1(6)EA2 or later.
When the command switch is a Catalyst 2940 switch, all standby command switches must be
Catalyst 2940 switches.
When the command switch is running Cisco IOS Release 12.0(5)WC2 or earlier, the standby
command switches can be these switches: Catalyst 2900 XL, Catalyst 2950, and
Catalyst 3500XL switches.
We strongly recommend that the command switch and standby command switches are of the same
switch platform.
If you have a Catalyst 3550 command switch, the standby command switches should be
Catalyst 3550 switches.
If you have a Catalyst 2955 command switch, the standby command switches should be
Catalyst 2955 switches.
If you have a Catalyst 2950 command switch, the standby command switches should be
Catalyst 2950 switches.
If you have a Catalyst 29 00 XL or Catalyst 3500 XL command switch, the standby command
switches should be Catalyst 2900XL and Catalyst 3500 XL switches.
Only one cluster standby group can be assigned to a cluster.
All standby-group members must be members of the cluster.
Note There is no limit to the number of switches that you can assign as standby command
switches. However, the total number of switches in the cluster—which would include the
active command switch, standby-group members, and member switches—cannot be more
than 16.
Each standby-group member (Figure5-6) must be connected to the command swi tch th rough its
management VLAN. Each standby-group member must also be redundantly c onnected to each other
through the management VLAN.