Cisco 2950G 24 Software Configuration Guide - Page 141
Automatic Recovery of Cluster Configuration, IP Addresses
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Chapter 6 Clustering Switches Planning a Switch Cluster Automatic Recovery of Cluster Configuration The active command switch continually forwards cluster-configuration information (but not device-configuration information) to the standby command switch. This ensures that the standby command switch can take over the cluster immediately after the active command switch fails. Automatic discovery has these limitations: • This limitation applies only to clusters that have Catalyst 2950 and Catalyst 3550 command and standby command switches: If the active command switch and standby command switch become disabled at the same time, the passive command switch with the highest priority becomes the active command switch. However, because it was a passive standby command switch, the previous command switch did not forward cluster-configuration information to it. The active command switch only forwards cluster-configuration information to the standby command switch. You must therefore rebuild the cluster. • This limitation applies to all clusters: If the active command switch fails and there are more than two switches in the cluster standby group, the new command switch does not discover any Catalyst 1900, Catalyst 2820, and Catalyst 2916M XL member switches. You must re-add these member switches to the cluster. • This limitation applies to all clusters: If the active command switch fails and becomes active again, it does not discover any Catalyst 1900, Catalyst 2820, and Catalyst 2916M XL member switches. You must again add these member switches to the cluster. When the previously active command switch resumes its active role, it receives a copy of the latest cluster configuration from the active command switch, including members that were added while it was down. The active command switch sends a copy of the cluster configuration to the cluster standby group. IP Addresses You must assign IP information to a command switch. You can access the cluster through the command-switch IP address. If you configure a cluster standby group, you must use the standby-group virtual IP address to manage the cluster from the active command switch. Using the virtual IP address ensures that you retain connectivity to the cluster if the active command switch fails and that a standby command switch becomes the active command switch. If the active command switch fails and the standby command switch takes over, you must either use the standby-group virtual IP address or the IP address available on the new active command switch to access the cluster. You can assign an IP address to a cluster-capable switch, but it is not necessary. A member switch is managed and communicates with other member switches through the command-switch IP address. If the member switch leaves the cluster and it does not have its own IP address, you then must assign IP information to it to manage it as a standalone switch. Note Changing the command switch IP address ends your CMS session on the switch. Restart your CMS session by entering the new IP address in the browser Location field (Netscape Communicator) or Address field (Internet Explorer), as described in the release notes. For more information about IP addresses, see Chapter 4, "Assigning the Switch IP Address and Default Gateway." 78-14982-01 Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch Software Configuration Guide 6-15