Chapter 42 Cluster Management

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 141 Management > Cluster Management: Status

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Status

This field displays the role of this Switch within the cluster.

 

Manager

 

Member (you see this if you access this screen in the cluster member

 

switch directly and not via the cluster manager)

 

None (neither a manager nor a member of a cluster)

 

 

Manager

This field displays the cluster manager switch’s hardware MAC address.

 

 

The Number

This field displays the number of switches that make up this cluster. The

of Member

following fields describe the cluster member switches.

 

 

Index

You can manage cluster member switches via the cluster manager switch.

 

Each number in the Index column is a hyperlink leading to the cluster

 

member switch’s web configurator (see Figure 209 on page 398).

 

 

MacAddr

This is the cluster member switch’s hardware MAC address.

 

 

Name

This is the cluster member switch’s System Name.

 

 

Model

This field displays the model name.

 

 

Status

This field displays:

 

Online (the cluster member switch is accessible)

 

Error (for example the cluster member switch password was changed or

 

the switch was set as the manager and so left the member list, etc.)

 

Offline (the switch is disconnected - Offline shows approximately 1.5

 

minutes after the link between cluster member and manager goes down)

 

 

42.2.1 Cluster Member Switch Management

Go to the Clustering Management Status screen of the cluster manager switch and then select an Index hyperlink from the list of members to go to that cluster member switch's web configurator home page. This cluster member web

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