Motorola WS5100 Series Reference Manual page 243

user can make use of any switch as the group centralized management entity (using the cluster-management
context).
To view status and membership data and define a redundancy group configuration, refer to the following:
• Reviewing Redundancy Status
• Configuring Redundancy Group Membership
To configure switch redundancy:
1. Select Services > Redundancy
The Redundancy screen displays with the Configuration tab selected.
2. Refer to the Configuration
Select this checkbox to enable/disable clustering. Clustering must be disabled to
Enable Redundancy
set a redundancy related parameter. All the modifiable values are grayed out if
enabled
Define the destination IP address used to send heartbeats and update messages.
Redundancy Switch
IP
A member can be in either in
Mode
all 'Active' members adopt access ports except the 'Standby' members who adopt
access ports only when an 'Active' member has failed or sees an access-port not
adopted by a switch.
Define an ID for the cluster group. All the switches configured in the cluster should
Redundancy ID
have the same Cluster ID. The valid range is
1-65535.
Use the
Discovery Period
During the discovery time, a switch discovers the existence of other switches
within the redundancy group. Configure an interval between 10 and 60 seconds.
The default value is 30 seconds.
from the main menu tree.
field to define the following:
Primary
Discovery Period to configure a cluster member discovery interval.
or Standby mode. In the redundancy group,
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Switch Services