42.1 Cluster Management Overview
This chapter introduces cluster management.
Cluster Management allows you to manage switches through one Switch, called the cluster manager.
The switches must be directly connected and be in the same VLAN group so as to be able to
communicate with one another.
Table 179 Zyxel Clustering Management Specifications
Maximum number of cluster members
Cluster Member Models
Cluster Manager
Cluster Members
In the following example, switch A in the basement is the cluster manager and the other switches on the
upper floors of the building are cluster members.
Figure 246 Clustering Application Example
42.1.1 What You Can Do
• Use the Cluster Management Status screen
within the cluster and to access a cluster member Switch's Web Configurator.
Cluster Management
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Must be compatible with Zyxel cluster management
implementation.
The Switch through which you manage the cluster member
switches.
The switches being managed by the cluster manager Switch.
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(Section 42.2 on page
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