Cluster Configuration Tasks 327
Enabling the cluster function
Configuring cluster parameters
The establishment of a cluster and the related configuration can be accomplished
in manual mode or automatic mode, as described below.
1 Establishing a cluster and configuring cluster parameters in manual mode
Configure the device forward
delay of topology collection
requests
ntdp timer hop-delay time Optional
By default, the device forward
delay is 200 ms.
Configure the port forward
delay of topology collection
requests
ntdp timer port-delay time Optional
By default, the port forward
delay is 20 ms.
Configure the interval to
collect topology information
periodically
ntdp timer
interval-in-minutes
Optional
By default, the topology
collection interval is one
minute.
Quit system view quit -
Launch topology information
collection manually
ntdp explore Optional
Tab le 246 Enable the cluster function
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view -
Enable the cluster function
globally
cluster enable Required
By default, the cluster
function is enabled.
Table 245 Configure NTDP-related parameters
Operation Command Description
Tab le 247 Establish a cluster and configure cluster parameters in manual mode
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view -
Specify the management
VLAN
management-vlan vlan-id Required
By default, VLAN 1 is used as
the management VLAN.
Enter cluster view cluster -
Configure a IP address pool
for the cluster
ip-pool
administrator-ip-address {
ip-mask | ip-mask-length }
Required
Build a cluster build name Required
name: cluster name.
Configure a multicast MAC
address for the cluster
cluster-mac H-H-H Required
By default, the cluster
multicast MAC address is
0180-C200-000A.
Set the interval for the
management device to send
multicast packets
cluster-mac syn-interval
time-interval
Optional
By default, the interval to
send multicast packets is one
minutes.