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| Basic Administration Protocols

Switch Clustering

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ES-2000 Series

PARAMETERS

These parameters are displayed:

◆ Cluster Status – Enables or disables clustering on the switch.

(Default: Disabled)

◆ Commander Status – Enables or disables the switch as a cluster

Commander. (Default: Disabled)

◆ IP Pool – An “internal” IP address pool that is used to assign IP

addresses to Member switches in the cluster. Internal cluster IP

addresses are in the form 10.x.x.member-ID. Only the base IP address

of the pool needs to be set since Member IDs can only be between 1

and 36. Note that you cannot change the cluster IP pool when the

switch is currently in Commander mode. Commander mode must first

be disabled. (Default: 10.254.254.1)

◆ Role – Indicates the current role of the switch in the cluster; either

Commander, Member, or Candidate. (Default: Candidate)

◆ Number of Members – The current number of Member switches in the

cluster.

◆ Number of Candidates – The current number of Candidate switches

discovered in the network that are available to become Members.

WEB INTERFACE

To configure a switch cluster:

1. Click Administration, Cluster.

2. Select Configure Global from the Step list.

3. Set the required attributes for a Commander or a managed candidate.

4. Click Apply

Figure 162: Configuring a Switch Cluster