Chapter 29 Cluster Management

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 75 Clustering Management Configuration

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Clustering Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active

Select Active to have this switch become the cluster manager switch. A cluster

 

can only have one manager. Other (directly connected) switches that are set to

 

be cluster managers will not be visible in the Clustering Candidates list. If a

 

switch that was previously a cluster member is later set to become a cluster

 

manager, then its Status is displayed as Error in the Cluster Management

 

Status screen and a warning icon (

 

) appears in the member summary list

 

below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

Type a name to identify the Clustering Manager. You may use up to 32

 

printable characters (spaces are allowed).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this part of the screen afresh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clustering

The following fields relate to the switches that are potential cluster members.

Candidate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 this part of the screen to the switch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this part of the 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 part of the screen afresh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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