Chapter 42 Cluster Management

 

 

 

 

Table 143 Management > Cluster Management > Configuration (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

VID

This is the VLAN ID and is only applicable if the Switch is set to

 

 

802.1Q VLAN. All switches must be directly connected and in the

 

 

same VLAN group to belong to the same cluster. Switches that are not

 

 

in the same VLAN group are not visible in the Clustering Candidates

 

 

list. This field is ignored if the Clustering Manager is using Port-

 

 

based VLAN.

 

 

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory.

 

 

The Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so

 

 

use the Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to

 

 

the non-volatile memory when you are done configuring.

 

 

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

 

Clustering

The following fields relate to the switches that are potential cluster

 

Candidate

members.

 

 

 

 

List

A list of suitable candidates found by auto-discovery is shown here.

 

 

The switches must be directly connected. Directly connected switches

 

 

that are set to be cluster managers will not be visible in the

 

 

Clustering Candidate list. Switches that are not in the same

 

 

management VLAN group will not be visible in the Clustering

 

 

Candidate list.

 

 

 

 

Password

Each cluster member’s password is its web configurator password.

 

 

Select a member in the Clustering Candidate list and then enter its

 

 

web configurator password. If that switch administrator changes the

 

 

web configurator password afterwards, then it cannot be managed

 

 

from the Cluster Manager. Its Status is displayed as Error in the

 

 

Cluster Management Status screen and a warning icon ( )

 

 

appears in the member summary list below.

 

 

If multiple devices have the same password then hold [SHIFT] and

 

 

click those switches to select them. Then enter their common web

 

 

configurator password.

 

 

 

 

Add

Click Add to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The

 

 

Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the

 

 

Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the

 

 

non-volatile memory when you are done configuring.

 

 

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

 

Refresh

Click Refresh to perform auto-discovery again to list potential cluster

 

 

members.

 

 

 

 

The next summary table shows the information for the clustering members configured.

 

 

 

 

Index

This is the index number of a cluster member switch.

 

 

 

 

MacAddr

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

 

 

 

 

Name

This is the cluster member switch’s System Name.

 

 

 

 

Model

This is the cluster member switch’s model name.

 

 

 

 

Remove

Select this checkbox and then click the Remove button to remove a

 

 

cluster member switch from the cluster.

 

 

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

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