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NION Hardware Manual
September 30, 2010 Version 1.6.1.0 53
Setting conductor and XDAB priority in NWare
Introduction
You can use NWare to change the CobraNet Conductor and XDAB master priorities. These
settings will ensure that a particular device within an XDAB cluster will become the XDAB
master or that a particular CobraNet device on a network or VLAN segment will become a
CobraNet Conductor.
Each NION will set the actual priority from within the range specified by the user. Each of
these ranges can have two values.
If you want a NION to be an XDAB master or a CobraNet Conductor, set the appropriate range
to be higher than any other device in the cluster.
Notes:
ƒ NWare will normally ensure that the default values are set for proper operation. However,
it may be necessary to manually adjust the settings in order to meet the constraints outlined
in the
use cases (on page 47).
ƒ Be aware of the Conductor priority settings of devices outside the XDAB cluster that
reside elsewhere on the network. This point is important when using slave VLANs in order
to insure that a slave device within a cluster remains the CobraNet Conductor.
Tips:
ƒ Explicitly set the CobraNet Conductor priority and XDAB master priority in all devices to
insure they operate correctly.
ƒ Locate the CobraNet Conductor outside an XDAB cluster when possible.
ƒ Set all Conductor priorities to 0 in all devices except those that should be allowed to be
Conductors. For those devices that should be Conductors, make their priorities the same.
ƒ Devices with CM-1 modules are preferred as Conductors over devices that have CM-2
modules.