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Operation Manual – Cluster

H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 1

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configuring, managing, and monitoring, can only be implemented through the

management device.

z The management device of the cluster recognizes and controls all the member

devices in the cluster, no matter where they are located in the network and how

they are connected.

z The management device collects topology information about all

member/candidate devices to provide useful information for you to establish the

cluster.

z By collecting NDP/NTDP information, the management device learns network

topology, so as to manage and monitor network devices.

z Before performing any cluster-related configuration task, you must first enable the

cluster function.

 Note:

On the management device, you need to enable the cluster function and configure

cluster parameters. On the member/candidate devices, however, you only need to

enable the cluster function so that they can be managed by the management device.

Additionally, on the management device, you can configure the FTP server, TFTP

server, logging host and SNMP host to be shared by the whole cluster. When a member

device in the cluster communicates with an external server, the member device first

transmits data to the management device, which then forwards the data to the external

server. The management device is the default shared FTP/TFTP server for the cluster;

it serves as the shared FTP/TFTP server when no shared FTP/TFTP server is

configured for the cluster.

The most important function of clusters is to work in conjunction with the network

management software to implement large-scale network management. You can specify

a network management interface on the management device of a cluster, through

which the network administrator can log onto the management device to manage the

devices in the cluster.

 Note:

z By default, the management VLAN interface is used as the network management

interface.

z There is only one network management interface on a management device; any

newly configured network management interface will overwrite the old one.

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