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606 CHAPTER 32: CLUSTERING
Enabling the Cluster Function
Configuring Cluster
Parameters
Configuring cluster parameters manually
Configure the time that
collected devices wait
before forwarding the
topology-collection
request
ntdp timer hop-delay time Optional
Argument time is the delay time.
Configure the time that a
port waits before it
forwards the topology
request packet to the next
port
ntdp timer port-delay time Optional
Argument time is the delay time.
Configure the interval of
periodic topology
information collection
ntdp timer
interval-in-minutes
Optional
Argument interval-in-minutes is the
needed time.
Exit system view. quit —
Start topology information
collection
ntdp explore Optional
Table 660 Enable the cluster function on a switch
Operation Command Remark
Enter system view system-view —
Enable the cluster function
on a switch
cluster enable Required
Table 659 Configure NTDP parameters (continued)
Operation Command Remark
Table 661 Configure cluster parameters manually
Operation Command Remark
Enter system view system-view —
Specify the
management VLAN
management-vlan vlan-id This is to specify the management
VLAN on the switch
Enter cluster view cluster —
Configure an IP
address range for
cluster members
ip-pool administrator-ip-address
{ ip-mask | ip-mask-length }
Optional
Configure a cluster
with the current
switch as the
management device
build name Optional
Argument name is the cluster name.
Configure a multicast
MAC address for the
cluster
cluster-mac H-H-H Optional
This is to set a multicast MAC address
for the cluster.
Set the interval for the
management device
to send multicast
packets
cluster-mac syn-interval
time-interval
Optional
Argument time-interval is the
multicast packet interval.
Configure the valid
holdtime for a switch
holdtime seconds Optional
Argument seconds is the valid
holdtime, which is 60 seconds by
default.
Set the interval of
handshake packets
timer interval Optional
Argument interval is the handshake
packet interval, which is 10 seconds
by default.