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Enabling the Cluster Function .....................................................................................................25-10
Establishing a Cluster..................................................................................................................25-10
Enabling Management VLAN Auto-negotiation...........................................................................25-11
Configuring Communication Between the Management Device and the Member Devices Within a
Cluster .........................................................................................................................................
25-11
Configuring Cluster Management Protocol Packets ...................................................................25-11
Cluster Member Management.....................................................................................................25-12
Configuring the Member Devices........................................................................................................25-13
Enabling NDP..............................................................................................................................25-13
Enabling NTDP............................................................................................................................25-13
Manually Collecting Topology Information ..................................................................................25-13
Enabling the Cluster Function .....................................................................................................25-13
Deleting a Member Device from a Cluster ..................................................................................25-13
Configuring Access Between the Management Device and Its Member Devices..............................25-13
Adding a Candidate Device to a Cluster.............................................................................................25-14
Configuring Advanced Cluster Functions............................................................................................25-15
Configuring Topology Management ............................................................................................25-15
Configuring Interaction for a Cluster............................................................................................25-16
SNMP Configuration Synchronization Function..........................................................................25-17
Configuring Web User Accounts in Batches ...............................................................................25-18
Displaying and Maintaining Cluster Management ..............................................................................25-19
Cluster Management Configuration Example.....................................................................................25-19
26 IRF Configuration ..................................................................................................................................25-1
IRF Overview ........................................................................................................................................25-1
Introduction....................................................................................................................................25-1
Application and Advantages..........................................................................................................25-1
IRF Working Process............................................................................................................................25-2
IRF Connections............................................................................................................................25-2
Topology Collection.......................................................................................................................25-7
Role Election .................................................................................................................................25-7
IRF Management...........................................................................................................................25-8
IRF Configuration Task List ................................................................................................................25-11
IRF Configuration................................................................................................................................25-12
Configuring IRF Ports..................................................................................................................25-12
Setting a Member ID for a Device ...............................................................................................25-13
Specifying a Priority for an IRF Member .....................................................................................25-14
Specifying the Preservation Time of IRF Bridge MAC Address..................................................25-14
Enabling Auto Upgrade of Boot Files..........................................................................................25-15
Setting the Delay Time for the Link Layer to Report a Link-Down Event....................................25-16
Logging In to an IRF............................................................................................................................25-17
Logging In to the Master..............................................................................................................25-17
Logging In to a Slave...................................................................................................................25-17
Displaying and Maintaining IRF ..........................................................................................................25-18
IRF Configuration Examples...............................................................................................................25-18
IRF Connection Configuration Example......................................................................................25-18
27 IPC Configuration..................................................................................................................................27-1
IPC Overview ........................................................................................................................................27-1