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Catalyst 3550 Multilayer Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 5 Clustering Switches
Planning a Switch Cluster
Figure 5-8 VLAN Connectivity between Standby-Group Members and Cluster Members
IP Addresses
You must assign IP information to a command switch. You can assign more than one IP address to the
command switch, and you can access the cluster through any of the command-switch IP addresses. If
you configure a cluster standby group, you must use the standby-group virtual IP address to manage the
cluster from the active command switch. Using the virtual IP address ensures that you retain connectivity
to the cluster if the active command switch fails and that a standby command switch becomes the active
command switch.
If the active command switch fails and the standby command switch takes over, you must either use the
standby-group virtual IP address to access the cluster or any of the IP addresses available on the new
active command switch.
You can assign an IP address to a cluster-capable switch, but it is not necessary. A member switch is
managed and communicates with other member switches through the command-switch IP address. If the
member switch leaves the cluster and it does not have its own IP address, you then must assign IP
information to it to manage it as a standalone switch.
Note Changing the command switch IP address ends your CMS session on the switch. Restart your CMS
session by entering the new IP address in the browser Location field (Netscape Communicator) or
Address field (Internet Explorer), as described in the release notes.
For more information about IP addresses, see Chapter 4, “Assigning the Switch IP Address and Default
Gateway.”
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Catalyst 3550
multilayer switch
Catalyst 3550 standby
command switch
VLAN 16
VLAN 9
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Catalyst 3550 primary
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Catalyst 2950 passive
command switch
Member switches
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VLAN 9
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Catalyst 2950
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VLANs 9,16 VLANs 9,16
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