Configuring Communication Between The Management Switch And The Member Switches Within A Cluster - HP 5500 EI Series Configuration Manual

port that directly connects the switch to the management switch and its cascade ports are in the
management VLAN.
Management VLAN autonegotiation enables a cluster management switch to add ports directly
connected to it and cascades ports between cluster candidate switches to a management VLAN.
Enabling management VLAN autonegotiation can cause the following changes to ports connecting
member switches:
Access ports change to hybrid ports. These hybrid ports permit only the management VLAN to pass
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through and are tagged members in the management VLAN.
Trunk and hybrid ports are assigned to the management VLAN, without any link type or removal of
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VLANs that have added on the ports. Hybrid ports are added to the management VLAN as a
tagged member.
Before enabling the function, make sure you fully understand its impact on your network.
To enable management VLAN autonegotiation on the management switch:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Enter cluster view.
3. Enable management VLAN
autonegotiation.
Configuring communication between the management switch
and the member switches within a cluster
In a cluster, the management switch and its member switches communicate by sending handshake
packets to maintain a connection. You can configure the interval for sending handshake packets and the
holdtime of a switch on the management switch. This configuration applies to all member switches within
the cluster. For a member switch in Connect state:
If the management switch does not receive handshake packets from a member switch within the
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holdtime, it changes the state of the member switch to Disconnect. When the communication is
recovered, the member switch needs to be re-added to the cluster (this process is automatically
performed).
If the management switch receives handshake packets from the member switch within the holdtime,
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the state of the member switch remains Active and the holdtime is restarted.
To configure communication between the management switch and the member switches within a cluster:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Enter cluster view.
Command
system-view
cluster
management-vlan synchronization
enable
Command
system-view
cluster
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Remarks
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N/A
By default, this function is
disabled.
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