Contents
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Catalyst 2900 Series XL and Catalyst 3500 Series XL Software Configuration Guide
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Planning a Switch Cluster
5-5
Automatic Discovery of Cluster Candidates and Members
5-5
Discovery through CDP Hops
5-6
Discovery through Non-CDP-Capable and Noncluster-Capable Devices
5-7
Discovery through the Same Management VLAN
5-8
Discovery through Different Management VLANs
5-9
Discovery of Newly Installed Switches
5-11
HSRP and Standby Command Switches
5-12
Virtual IP Addresses
5-13
Other Considerations for Cluster Standby Groups
5-13
Automatic Recovery of Cluster Configuration
5-15
IP Addresses
5-15
Host Names
5-16
Passwords
5-16
SNMP Community Strings
5-16
and RADIUS
5-17
Access Modes in CMS
5-17
Management VLAN
5-18
Network Port
5-19
NAT Commands
5-19
LRE Profiles
5-19
Availability of Switch-Specific Features in Switch Clusters
5-19
Creating a Switch Cluster
5-19
Enabling a Command Switch
5-20
Adding Member Switches
5-21
Creating a Cluster Standby Group
5-23
Verifying a Switch Cluster
5-25
Using the CLI to Manage Switch Clusters
5-26
Catalyst 1900 and Catalyst 2820 CLI Considerations
5-26
Using SNMP to Manage Switch Clusters
5-27
C H A P T E R
6
Configuring the System
6-1
Changing IP Information
6-2
Manually Assigning and Removing Switch IP Information
6-2
Using DHCP-Based Autoconfiguration
6-3
Understanding DHCP-Based Autoconfiguration
6-3
DHCP Client Request Process
6-4
Configuring the DHCP Server
6-5
Configuring the TFTP Server
6-5