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Chapter 5 Clustering Switches
Planning a Switch Cluster
In
, the cluster command switch has ports assigned to VLANs 16 and 62. The CDP hop count
is three. The cluster command switch discovers switches 11, 12, 13, and 14 because they are within three
hops from the edge of the cluster. It does not discover switch 15 because it is four hops from the edge of
the cluster.
Figure 5-1
Discovery Through CDP Hops
Discovery Through Non-CDP-Capable and Noncluster-Capable Devices
If a cluster command switch is connected to a
non-CDP-capable third-party hub
(such as a non-Cisco
hub), it can discover cluster-enabled devices connected to that third-party hub. However, if the cluster
command switch is connected to a
noncluster-capable Cisco device
, it cannot discover a cluster-enabled
device connected beyond the noncluster-capable Cisco device.
Command device
Member
device 10
Member
device 8
Member
device 9
VLAN 62
Edge of
cluster
VLAN 16
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Device 11
candidate
device
Candidate
devices
Device 12
Device 13
Device 14
Device 15