3Com 4500 Switch User Manual


 
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To do… Use the command… Remarks
Launch topology information
collection manually
ntdp explore
Optional
Enabling the cluster function
Follow these steps to enable the cluster function:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
Enable the cluster function
globally
cluster enable
Required
By default, the cluster function
is enabled.
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
Follow these steps to establish a cluster and configure cluster parameters in manual mode:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
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.
Set the holdtime of member
switches
holdtime seconds
Optional
By default, the holdtime is 60
seconds.
Set the interval to send
handshake packets
timer interval
Optional
By default, the interval to send
handshake packets is 10
seconds.