Discovery Through Cdp Hops - Cisco 2950G 24 - Catalyst Switch Software Configuration Manual

Planning a Switch Cluster

Discovery through CDP Hops

By using CDP, a command switch can discover switches up to seven CDP hops away (the default is
three hops) from the edge of the cluster. The edge of the cluster is where the last member switches are
connected to the cluster and to candidate switches. For example, member switches 9 and 10 in
are at the edge of the cluster.
You can set the number of hops the command switch searches for candidate and member switches by
selecting Cluster > Hop Count. When new candidate switches are added to the network, the command
switch discovers them and adds them to the list of candidate switches.
In Figure
assigned to management VLAN 16. In
or later and has ports assigned to VLANs 16 and 62. The CDP hop count is three. Each command switch
discovers switches 11, 12, 13, and 14 because they are within three hops from the edge of the cluster. It
does not discover switch 15 because it is four hops from the edge of the cluster.
Figure 6-1
Edge of
cluster
Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch Software Configuration Guide
6-6
6-1, the command switch is running a release earlier than Release 12.1(9)EA1 and has ports
Discovery through CDP Hops (Command Switch Running a Release Earlier than
Release 12.1(9)EA1)
Command switch
Management
VLAN 16
Member
switch 8
Member
switch 9
Switch 11
candidate
switch
Figure 6-2, the command switch is running Release 12.1(9)EA1
Management
VLAN 16
Member
switch 10
Switch 12
Candidate
Switch 13
switches
Switch 14
Switch 15
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