Industrial Switch Clustering
This chapter provides the concepts and procedures to create and manage IE 3000 switch clusters. You can create and manage switch clusters by using Cisco Network Assistant (hereafter known as Network Assistant), the command-line interface (CLI), or SNMP. , and devices from different manufacturers often support different protocol versions. Industrial companies are seeking to drive operational improvements into their production systems and assets through convergence and digitization by leveraging the new paradigms in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4. In general, in computer science the term cluster (also known as high-availability/HA cluster or fail-over cluster) is used to identify a group of devices that are functionally equivalent and structurally redundant so that they are able to provide continuity of service (without user intervention).
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