Support Models: ECS4620 Series, ECS4510 Series, ECS4120 Series, ECS4100 Series, ECS4110 Series, ECS4210, ECS3500 Series, ECS2100 Series, ECS2110 Series

Switch Clustering:

Switch Clustering is a method of grouping switches together to enable centralized management through a single unit.

What's Cluster Commander and Cluster Member ?

A switch cluster has a primary unit called the "Commander" which is used to manage all other "Member" switches in the cluster.

The steps to configure on ECS2100-28T and ECS4110-52P:

ECS2100-28T(config)#cluster  (enables clustering on the switch.)

ECS4110-52P(config)#cluster

The steps to configure on ECS2100-52T:

ECS2100-52T(config)#int vlan 1

ECS2100-52T (config-if)#ip address 192.168.1.1/24

ECS2100-52T (config)#cluster

ECS2100-52T (config)#cluster ip-pool 10.1.2.1

(IP pool is used to assign IP addresses to Member switches in the cluster. Cluster IP addresses are in the form 10.x.x.x)

ECS2100-52T (config)#cluster commander  (enables the switch as a cluster Commander.)

ECS2100-52T (config)#exit

ECS2100-52T#show cluster candidates

Cluster Candidates:

Role            MAC Address       Description

--------------- ----------------- -----------------------------------------

Candidate       00-E0-0C-11-CC-00   ECS2100-28T

Candidate       CC-37-AB-42-6F-B8   ECS4110-52P

ECS2100-52T#configure

ECS2100-52T(config)#cluster member mac-address 00-E0-0C-11-CC-00 id 1

(configures a Candidate switch as a cluster Member.)

ECS2100-52T(config)#cluster member mac-address CC-37-AB-42-6F-B8 id 2

ECS2100-52T(config)#exit

After setting, you can check the member by using "show cluster members" command.

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