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Enabling the Cluster Function ·····································································································26-10
Establishing a Cluster··················································································································26-10
Enabling Management VLAN Auto-negotiation···········································································26-11
Configuring Communication Between the Management Device and the Member Devices Within a
Cluster ·········································································································································
26-11
Configuring Cluster Management Protocol Packets ···································································26-11
Cluster Member Management·····································································································26-12
Configuring the Member Devices········································································································26-13
Enabling NDP ······························································································································26-13
Enabling NTDP····························································································································26-13
Manually Collecting Topology Information ··················································································26-13
Enabling the Cluster Function ·····································································································26-13
Deleting a Member Device from a Cluster ··················································································26-13
Configuring Access Between the Management Device and Its Member Devices······························26-13
Adding a Candidate Device to a Cluster·····························································································26-14
Configuring Advanced Cluster Functions····························································································26-15
Configuring Topology Management ····························································································26-15
Configuring Interaction for a Cluster····························································································26-16
SNMP Configuration Synchronization Function ··········································································26-17
Configuring Web User Accounts in Batches ···············································································26-18
Displaying and Maintaining Cluster Management ··············································································26-19
Cluster Management Configuration Example ·····················································································26-19
27 IRF Configuration ··································································································································26-1
IRF Overview ········································································································································26-1
Introduction····································································································································26-1
Application and Advantages··········································································································26-1
IRF Working Process ····························································································································26-2
IRF Connections····························································································································26-2
Topology Collection·······················································································································26-7
Role Election ·································································································································26-7
IRF Management···························································································································26-8
IRF Configuration Task List ················································································································26-11
IRF Configuration································································································································26-12
Configuring IRF Ports··················································································································26-12
Setting a Member ID for a Device ·······························································································26-13
Specifying a Priority for an IRF Member ·····················································································26-14
Specifying the Preservation Time of IRF Bridge MAC Address··················································26-14
Enabling Auto Upgrade of Boot Files ··························································································26-15
Setting the Delay Time for the Link Layer to Report a Link-Down Event····································26-16
Logging In to an IRF····························································································································26-17
Logging In to the Master··············································································································26-17
Logging In to a Slave···················································································································26-17
Displaying and Maintaining IRF ··········································································································26-18
IRF Configuration Examples ···············································································································26-18
IRF Connection Configuration Example······················································································26-18
28 IPC Configuration··································································································································28-1
IPC Overview ········································································································································28-1