Huawei Quidway S5600 Series User Manual

Operation Manual – Cluster
Quidway S5600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 1
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The following three switch roles exist in a cluster: management device, member device,
and candidate device.
Table 1-1 Switch roles in the cluster
Role Configuration Description
Management
device
z Configured with a public
IP address.
z Receive management
commands that a user
sends through the public
network and process the
received commands
z Provide management
interfaces for all switches
in the cluster
z Manage member devices
by redirecting commands,
that is, forward the
commands to the intended
member devices for
processing
z Provide the following
functions, including
neighbor discovery,
topology information
collection, cluster
management, and cluster
state maintenance, and
support all types of FTP
servers and SNMP host
proxies
Member device
Normally, a member device
is not configured with a
public IP address
z Member in the cluster
z Neighbor discovery, being
managed by the
management device,
running commands
forwarded by proxies, and
failure/log reporting
Candidate device
Normally, a candidate device
is not configured with a
public IP address
A candidate device is a switch
that does not belong to any
cluster, although it can be
added to a cluster
The switch roles are switched according to the following rules:

Huawei Quidway S5600 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Huawei
Model	Quidway S5600 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English