03-13-2007 04:46 AM - edited 03-05-2019 02:52 PM
I just want to have ur knowledge about to main advantages and disadvantages unsing cluster's in 3500 and 2950 Switchs.
P.S. - I have it connected with Gigastack connectors and see that they only do Half-Duplex... arg ? Is it possible to do Full Duplex, even if i connected both cables on same Gigastack?
Tks,
Petr?nio
03-13-2007 06:47 AM
Hello,
The advantage using the switch cluster is that you can manage all the connected devices using a single IP address. A single GUI to manage all the switches config and montioring.
The disadvantage is as mentioned above the whole cluster works in half-duplex mode. If you want to make it work on full duplex you have to connect the switches in a STAR topology which is not the switch cluster configuration.
HTH,
-amit singh
03-13-2007 07:31 AM
So, it does not make sense creating a Standby Virtual ip address between, let's say 3 switchs in a cluster, with 1 vlan ip address for each one.
I.E.
SW1 - Vlan 1 Ip Address 10.0.0.1
SW2 - Vlan 1 Ip Address 10.0.0.2
SW3 - Vlan 1 Ip Address 10.0.0.3
Standby IP Addres 10.0.0.4 - SW1,2,3 are members of this Standby group.
All the switchs have ip address's
There is any advantage on this cluster configuration?
Tks,
Petr?nio
03-13-2007 06:56 AM
You will also have a lot easier time finding devices if you do not cluster and use a star configuration .
03-14-2007 10:39 AM
I know that, but the client stays very happy seeing the colors in the web interface management.
Tks,
Petr?nio
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