Cluster Configuration Task List - HP 5820X Switch Configuration Manual

For a cluster to work normally, you must set the packets from the management VLAN to pass the ports
connecting the management device and the member/candidate devices—including the cascade ports—
using the following guidelines:
If the packets from the management VLAN cannot pass a port, the device connected with the port
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cannot be added to the cluster. If the ports — including the cascade ports — connecting the
management device and the member/candidate devices prohibit the packets from the management
VLAN, set the packets from the management VLAN to pass the ports on candidate devices with the
management VLAN auto-negotiation function.
• Only when the default VLAN ID of the cascade ports and the ports connecting the management
device and the member/candidate devices is that of the management VLAN can you set the packets
without tags from the management VLAN to pass the ports; otherwise, only the packets with tags
from the management VLAN can pass the ports.
NOTE:
If a candidate device is connected to a management device through another candidate device, the
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ports between the two candidate devices are cascade ports.
• For more information about VLAN, see VLAN configuration in the
Configuration Guide

Cluster configuration task list

Before configuring a cluster, you must determine the roles and functions the devices play. You also must
configure the related functions, preparing for the communication between devices within the cluster.
Complete these tasks to configure a cluster:
Task
Configuring the
management device
Configuring the
member devices
.
Enabling NDP globally and for specific ports
Configuring NDP parameters
Enabling NTDP globally and for specific ports
Configuring NTDP parameters
Manually collecting topology information
Enabling the cluster function
Establishing a cluster
Enabling management VLAN auto-negotiation
Configuring communication between the
management device and the member devices
within a cluster
Configuring cluster management protocol packets
Cluster member management
Enabling NDP
Enabling NTDP
Manually collecting topology information
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