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FIGURE 12 Five-node logical chassis cluster

To create a logical chassis cluster, follow the steps in the example below:

1. Log into one switch that will be a member of the logical chassis cluster you are creating:
2. In privileged EXEC mode, enter the vcs command with options to set the VCD ID, the RBridge ID

and enable logical chassis mode for the switch. The VCS ID and RBridge IDs shown below are
chosen for the purposes of this example.

switch# vcs vcsid 22 rbridge-id 15 logical-chassis enable

3. The switch reboots after you run the vcs command. You are asked if you want to apply the default

configuration; answer yes.

4. Repeat the above steps for each node in the cluster, changing only the RBridge ID each time. You

must, however, set the VCS ID to the same value on each node that belongs to the cluster.

5. When you have enabled the logical chassis mode on each node in the cluster, run the show vcs

command to determine which node has been assigned as the cluster principal node. The arrow (>)
denotes the principal node. The asterisk (*) denotes the current logged-in node.

switch# show vcs

Config Mode : Distributed

VCS Mode : Logical Chassis

VCS ID : 44

VCS GUID : bcab366e-6431-42fe-9af1-c69eb67eaa28

Total Number of Nodes : 3

Rbridge-Id WWN Management IP VCS Status Fabric Status

HostName

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------

144 10:00:00:27:F8:1E:3C:8C 10.18.245.143 Offline Unknown

sw0

152 >10:00:00:05:33:E5:D1:93* 10.18.245.152 Online Online

cz41-h06-m-r2

158 10:00:00:27:F8:F9:63:41 10.18.245.158 Offline Unknown

sw0

The RBridge ID with the arrow pointing to the WWN is the cluster principal. In this example, RBridge
ID 154 is the principal.

6. Set the clock and time zone for the principal node. Time should be consistent across all the nodes.

Refer to

Network Time Protocol overview

on page 97.

7. Log in to the principal cluster and make any desired global and local configuration changes. These

changes then are distributed automatically to all nodes in the logical chassis cluster.

NOTE
You can enter the RBridge ID configuration mode for any RBridge in the cluster from the cluster
principal node. You can change the principal node by using the logical-chassis principal priority
and logical chassis principal switchover commands. For more information about cluster principal
nodes, refer to

Selecting a principal node for the cluster

on page 77.

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