Perle Systems SCS, STS Configuring Clustering

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Configuring Clustering Chapter 11
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Introduction
Clustering is a way to provide access to the serial ports of many IOLANs
through a single IP address.
Clustering Slave List
Overview
The IP address that will be used to access all clustered serial ports will be that of the Master IOLAN
in the cluster. All other IOLANs in the clust er wil l be referred to as Slave IOLANs. Users can also
access slave serial ports using EasyPort Web; EasyPort Web is automatically launched when a user
types in the IP address of the Master IOLAN in a web browser. If the user has admin privileges, th e
WebManager will first be displayed with an option to proceed to EasyPort Web.
The Clustering Slave List window display s th e slave IOLAN entries and the numb er of po rts on
those slave IOLANs.
The following buttons are available:
Note: No special configuration is required on the Slave IOLANs to enable thi s fu nctionality.
Add Button Click this button to display a w ind ow to configure and add a new Slave
IOLAN’s configuration to the clustering group.
See Adding Clustering Slaves on page 282 for more information.
Delete Button Select a Slave IOLAN and click this button to delete it from the clusteri ng
group.
Advanced Button Select a Slave IOLAN and click this button to configure the individual Slave
IOLAN’s serial ports.
See Advanced Clustering Slave Options on page 283 for more information.