How to Remove a Node from an IPv4 Cluster and Add it to an IPv6 Cluster and Vice-versa

You can remove a node from an existing IPv4 cluster and add it to another IPv6 cluster. Refer to the following examples.

Physical Devices Out of Band Clusters

In physical devices OOB cluster, the nodes are auto-discovered. In the following example:

  • Seattle 600 is an IPv4 cluster
  • Seattle 100 is an IPv6 cluster
  • Node1chassis-member is a node that is present in cluster Seattle 600 that must be moved to Seattle 100

Run the following CLI commands:

Step Command
To remove Node1chassis-member from the cluster Seattle 600
Seattle [600: Node1chassis-member] (config) # no cluster enable
To configure the IP protocol of Node1chassis-member as IPv6
Node1chassis-member (config) # cluster interface eth0 ipv6
To add Node1chassis-member to cluster Seattle 100
Node1chassis-member (config) # cluster id 100
Node1chassis-member (config) # cluster name 100
Seattle [100: Node1chassis-member] (config) # cluster enable
 

The node is removed from cluster 600 which is an IPv4 cluster and added to the cluster 100 which is an IPv6 cluster.

Layer 3 Out of Band Clusters

In Layer 3 Out Of Band cluster, the nodes must be manually auto-discovered. In the following example:

  • Seattle 600 is an IPv4 cluster
  • Seattle 100 is an IPv6 cluster
  • Node1chassis-member is a node that is present in cluster Seattle 600 that must be moved to Seattle 100

Run the following CLI commands:

Step Command
To remove Node1chassis-member from the cluster Seattle 600
Seattle [600: Node1chassis-member] (config) # no cluster enable
To remove the primary and secondary IP address
Node1chassis-member (config) # no cluster leader primary ip
Node1chassis-member (config) # no cluster leader secondary ip
 
To configure the IP protocol of Node1chassis-member as IPv6
Node1chassis-member (config) # cluster interface eth0 ipv6
To add Node1chassis-member to cluster Seattle 100
Node1chassis-member (config) # cluster id 100
Node1chassis-member (config) # cluster name 100
Seattle [100: Node1chassis-member] (config) # cluster enable
 

The node is removed from cluster 600 which is an IPv4 cluster and added to the cluster 100 which is an IPv6 cluste