Step 3: Configure the cluster

Cluster local configuration uses the cluster ID and RBridge ID for the local switch or router.

Syntax: [no] cluster [ cluster-name ] cluster-id

Syntax: [no] rbridge-id id

Configuration of the peer device involves the peer's IP address, RBridge ID, and ICL specification. The cluster-name variable is optional; the device auto-generates the cluster name as CLUSTER-X when only the cluster ID is specified. The cluster-id variable must be the same on both cluster devices.

Syntax: [no] peer peer-ip rbridge-id peer-rbridge icl map-icl

The RBridge ID must be different from the cluster RBridge and any other client in the cluster. The MCT member VLAN is defined as any VLAN of which the ICL is a member.

To configure Brocade-1 for the cluster in the topology of Figure 32, enter the following commands.

device-1(config)#cluster SX 4000    
device-1(config-cluster-SX)#rbridge-id 3  
device-1(config-cluster-SX)#session-vlan 3000
device-1(config-cluster-SX)#keep-alive-vlan 3001
device-1(config-cluster-SX)#icl SX-MCT ethernet 1/1/7 
device-1(config-cluster-SX)#peer 10.1.1.2 rbridge-id 2 icl SX-MCT 
device-1(config-cluster-SX)#deploy

To configure Brocade-2 for the cluster in the topology of Figure 32, enter the following commands.

device-2(config)# cluster SX 4000    
device-2(config-cluster-SX)#rbridge-id 2  
device-2(config-cluster-SX)#session-vlan 3000
device-2(config-cluster-SX)#keep-alive-vlan 3001
device-2(config-cluster-SX)#icl SX-MCT ethernet 1/2/5 
device-2(config-cluster-SX)#peer 10.1.1.3 rbridge-id 3 icl SX-MCT 
device-2(config-cluster-SX)#deploy