Cluster Management; Chapter 36 Cluster Management; Cluster Management Overview; What You Can Do - ZyXEL Communications GS1915 Series User Manual

36.1 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 149 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 210 Clustering Application Example

36.1.1 What You Can Do

• Use the Cluster Management Status screen
within the cluster and to access a cluster member Switch's Web Configurator.

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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 36.2 on page 289) to view the role of the Switch
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