Operation Manual – Cluster Management
H3C S3610&S5510 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 Cluster Management Configuration
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To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter cluster view
cluster
—
Configure the private IP
address range for
member devices on a
device which is to be
configured as the
management device
ip-pool
administrator-ip-address
{
mask | mask-length
}
Required
For a cluster to work
normally, the IP
addresses of the VLAN
interfaces of the
management device and
member devices must not
be in the same network
segment as the cluster
address pool.
Establish a cluster
automatically
auto-build
[
recover
] Required
1.3.8 Configuring Communication Between the Management Device and the
Member Devices Within a Cluster
In a cluster, the management device and member devices communicate by sending
handshake packets to maintain connection between them. You can configure interval of
sending handshake packets and the holdtime of a device on the management device.
This configuration applies to all member devices within the cluster.
Follow these steps to configure communication between the management device and
the member devices within a cluster:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Configure the interval to
send handshake packets
timer interval-time
Optional
10 seconds by default
Configure the holdtime of
a device
holdtime seconds
Optional
60 seconds by default
1.3.9 Configuring Cluster Member Management
I. Adding/Removing a member device
You can manually add a candidate device to a cluster, or remove a member device from
a cluster. These operations must be done through the management device, otherwise
you will be prompted with an error message.
