3Com 4210 9-Port Configuration Manual

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1-11 ClusterCluster OverviewIntroduction to HGMPA cluster contains a group of switches. Through cluster management, you can manage multiplegeographically dispersed in a centralized way.Cluster management is implemented through Huawei group management protocol (HGMP). HGMPversion 2 (HGMPv2) is used at present.A switch in a cluster plays one of the following three roles:z Management devicez Member devicez Candidate deviceA cluster comprises of a management device and multiple member devices. To manage the devices in acluster, you need only to configure an external IP address for the management switch. Clustermanagement enables you to configure and manage remote devices in batches, reducing the workloadof the network configuration. Normally, there is no need to configure external IP addresses for memberdevices.Figure 1-1 illustrates a cluster implementation.Figure 1-1 A cluster implementationHGMP V2 has the following advantages:z It eases the configuration and management of multiple switches: You just need to configure apublic IP address for the management device instead of for all the devices in the cluster; and then