Technical information

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MANAGING MULTIPLE CHASSIS
Multi-chassis support allows the network administrator to manage multiple
Cuda chassis while logged into the chassis containing the Java applet (the
chassis where you have logged in using a GUI login screen). Communication
between this chassis and another chassis within the group is by proxy. The
GUI on the chassis directly talks to a Java server that can proxy requests to
other Java servers for other chassis in the same group and subnet.
Chassis in the same group and subnet as the GUI chassis are discovered by a
location server. You cannot communicate with chassis in a different group or
on a different subnet.
By default, the location server is set not to perform discovery and each
chassis is enabled for discovery. You can reconfigure these settings with the
command line interface (CLI) from your CLI console window (refer to
Chapter 3, “CudaView Desktop Tools” for information on the CLI console
window). For a description of CLI commands and settings, refer to the Cuda
12000 IP Access Switch CLI Reference Guide and Cuda 12000 IP Access
Switch CLI-based Administration Guide. The CLI console window is available
only when you are logged into, and have selected, the GUI client chassis.
Cuda chassis ship with a pre-assigned default group, which is ‘Cuda’; no
other groups are currently supported. However, you can rename the default
group using the CLI in your console window.
When you browse back and forth between the GUI client chassis and another
chassis, only the context is switched. This means that you are not establishing a
new session when you select another chassis, nor are you logging out of the GUI
client. Instead, you remain logged in and in session with the GUI client chassis.
Accessing a Chassis Other Than the GUI Client
You access other chassis by clicking on the symbol to the left of the desired
chassis.