
Overview 1-19
Cluster Management and Membership
When the Catalyst 1900 switch joins a cluster, the following configuration settings change:
• The highest privileged-level password (encrypted or unencrypted) of the command
switch becomes the password to the Catalyst 1900 Switch Manager, management
console, and CLI. If the command switch does not have a password, then no password
is required when accessing the Catalyst 1900 switch from the command switch. (See the
“Changing the Switch Password” section on page 3-8 or the “Console Settings Menu”
section on page 4-6.)
• The host name you assign to the Catalyst 1900 switch is kept even when the switch joins
or leaves a cluster. If the Catalyst 1900 switch does not have a name when it joins a
cluster, the command switch assigns it a name. (See the “Switch Host Name” section on
page 3-6 and the “System Configuration Menu” section on page 4-11.)
• The command switch propagates its first SNMP Read and Write community strings as
the last Read and Write community strings for the member switch. If the joining
Catalyst 1900 switch already has four Read and four Write community strings, the
command switch overrides the fourth community strings with its own first community
strings. When the switch leaves the cluster, the command-switch community strings are
deleted.
Each string from the command switch contains up to 27 characters and a suffix
“@esNN” where NN is the member switch number. (See the “Changing the SNMP
Settings” section on page 3-35 or the “Network Management (SNMP) Configuration
Menu” section on page 4-24.)
Caution Do not use “@es” in the community strings you define for the switch. When the
switch joins a cluster, any community string containing “@es” is deleted.
For complete information about cluster management and membership, refer to the
Cisco IOS Desktop Switch Software Configuration Guide, Catalyst 2900 Series XL and
Catalyst 3500 Series XL Cisco IOS Release 12.0(5)XP.
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