Chapter 26 Cluster Management; Clustering Management Status Overview; Figure 99 Clustering Application Example; Table 64 Zyxel Clustering Management Specifications - ZyXEL Communications Dimension ES-2108 User Manual

This chapter introduces cluster management.

26.1 Clustering Management Status Overview

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 64 ZyXEL Clustering Management Specifications

Maximum number of cluster members 24
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 99 Clustering Application Example

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Cluster Management
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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