Cluster Management; Chapter 43 Cluster Management; Cluster Management Status Overview - ZyXEL Communications MES3500 series User Manual

This chapter introduces cluster management.

43.1 Cluster 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 159 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.
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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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