H3C S5500-EI series Operation Manual page 1115

Operation Manual – Cluster Management
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1.3.8 Configuring Communication Between the Management Device and the
Member Devices Within a Cluster
In a cluster, the management device and member devices communicate by sending
handshake packets to maintain connection between them. You can configure interval of
sending handshake packets and the holdtime of a device on the management device.
This configuration applies to all member devices within the cluster.
Follow these steps to configure communication between the management device and
the member devices within a cluster:
Enter system view
Configure the interval to
send handshake packets
Configure the holdtime of
a device
1.3.9 Configuring the Destination MAC Address of Cluster Management
Multicast Packets
By default, the destination MAC address of cluster management multicast packets
(including NDP, NTDP and HABP packets) is 010f-e200-0002 , which IEEE reserved
for later use. Since some devices cannot forward the multicast packets with the
destination MAC address of 010f-e200-0002, cluster management packets cannot
traverse these devices. For a cluster to work normally in this case, you can modify the
destination MAC address of a cluster management multicast packet without changing
the current networking.
The management device periodically sends MAC address negotiation broadcast
packets to advertise the destination MAC address of the cluster management multicast
packets.
Follow these steps to configure the destination MAC address of the cluster
management multicast packets:
Enter system view
Enter cluster view
Configure the destination
MAC address for cluster
management multicast
packets
To do...
system-view
timer interval-time
holdtime seconds
To do...
system-view
cluster
cluster-mac
mac-address
Chapter 1 Cluster Management Configuration
Use the command...
Use the command...
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Remarks
—
Optional
10 seconds by default
Optional
60 seconds by default
Remarks
—
—
Required
The destination MAC
address is
010f-e200-0002 by
default.