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Chapter 5 Clustering Switches
Planning a Switch Cluster
Figure 5-5 Discovery of Newly Installed Switches
Virtual IP Addresses
You need to assign a unique virtual IP address and group number and name to the cluster standby group.
This information must be configured on a specific VLAN or routed port on the active cluster command
switch. The active cluster command switch receives traffic destined for the virtual IP address. To manage
the cluster, you must access the active cluster command switch through the virtu al IP address, not
through the command-switch IP address. This is in case the IP address of the active cluster command
switch is different from the virtual IP address of the cluster standby group.
If the active cluster command switch fails, the standby cluster command switch assumes ownership of
the virtual IP address and becomes the active cluster command switch. The passive switches in the
cluster standby group compare their assigned priorities to decide the new standby cluster command
switch. The passive standby switch with the highest priority then becomes the standby cluster command
switch. When the previously active cluster command switch becomes active again, it resumes its role as
the active cluster command switch, and the current active cluster command switch becomes the standby
cluster command switch again. For more information about IP address in switch clusters, see the “IP
Addresses” section on page 5-11.
Other Considerations for Cluster Standby Groups
These requirements also apply:
Standby cluster command switches must be the same type of switch es as the cluster command
switch. For example, if the cluster command switch is a IE3010 switch, the standby cluster
command switches must also be IE3010 switches. Refer to the switch configuration g uide of other
cluster-capable switches for their requirements on standby cluster command switches.
If your switch cluster has a IE3010 switch, it should be the cluster command switch.
Only one cluster standby group can be assigned to a cluster. You can have more than one
router-redundancy standby group.
Command device
New (out-of-box)
candidate device
AP
Device A Device B
VLAN 9
VLAN 9
VLAN 16
VLAN 16
New (out-of-box)
candidate device
AP
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