Cluster Management; Chapter 46 Cluster Management; Clustering Management Status Overview - ZyXEL Communications GS3700 Series User Manual

This chapter introduces cluster management.

46.1 Clustering 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 204 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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Cluster member models must be compatible with ZyXEL cluster
management implementation.
The cluster manager is the Switch through which you manage the
cluster member switches.
Cluster members are the switches being managed by the cluster
manager switch.
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