Inband Cluster Management

Inband Cluster Management simplifies traditional network management and maintenance by creating a virtual device to manage multiple physical nodes. This simplified approach makes it possible to oversee large networks by defining policies that span across multiple devices. The Inband Cluster Management feature is designed to reduce operational cost and extend coverage by eliminating a dedicated management network.

Inband Cluster Management is supported on all GigaVUE‑OS nodes.

Inband Cluster Management Pre-Configuration

A dedicated VLAN is reserved for control management traffic traveling through the interface. When a cluster is configured to use the Inband interface, all cluster management packets are sent and received using this interface.

(config) # show interface inband

Interface inband status:

   Comment:

   Admin up:           yes

   Link up:            yes

   DHCP running:       no

   IP address:

   Netmask:

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Note:  To use the Inband interface, the IP address should be configured statically or using zeroconf. The Inband interfaces on all nodes in the cluster should be contained within the same subnet.

Inband Cluster Management CLI Syntax

The following example shows the general CLI syntax. For detailed information on leader and member node configuration, refer to How to Setup Inband Cluster Management on a New Cluster.

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To check the information about the Inband interface:

show interface inband

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Use Inband as a cluster interface:

cluster interface inbandinterface inband zeroconf 

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cluster interface inbandinterface inband ip address <ip address> /<subnet mask>

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De-configure the Inband cluster using the no CLI command:

no interface [eth2 | eth1] zeroconf

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Configure offline chassis with the type parameter:

chassis box-id <box ID> serial-num <serial-number> type [hc2 | hc2-v2 | hc3 | ly2r | ta10 | ta10a | ta40 | hc1 | itac | tacx | ta200|ta25|ta25a]

Configure offline line card with the product-code parameter:

card slot <box ID>/<slot ID> product-code <product code>

Note:  The product-code parameter is not displayed.

Offline Remote Configuration for GigaVUE TA Series Nodes

For GigaVUE TA Series nodes, an additional parameter is required on the leader for offline remote configuration.

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Configure offline mode with the mode parameter specifically for the GigaVUE-TA1 and Certified Traffic Aggregation White Box, as follows:

card slot <box ID>/<slot ID> product-code <product code> mode <48x | 56x | 64x>

Note:   If the mode is not selected for the GigaVUE TA Series node, the default is 48x.

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Configure offline mode with the mode parameter specifically for GigaVUE-TA40, as follows:

card slot <box ID>/<slot ID> product-code <product code> mode <0x | 16x>

Note:   If the mode is not selected for the GigaVUE-TA40, the default is 0x.

Refer also to Setting up Inband Cluster Management with GigaVUE TA Series (Including a White Box) on page 868.