The amount of time a network administrator must spend travelling from wiring closet to wiring closet, or remotely administering multiple switches one by one is thus drastically reduced. Time-consuming approach to monitoring and debugging . If a user loses network connectivity, administrators typically must spend significant time matching users to corresponding switch ports to unmask the trouble. This is done either in the wiring closet itself or by creating a Telnet session with each switch, one at a time, to check each device's status and isolate the offending port. This approach is costly and does not scale well.
Clustering solves current troubleshooting limitations.
Cisco Switch Clustering allows network managers to remotely administer and troubleshoot more than 750 switched Ethernet ports per cluster. They are presented with the graphical replica of the status LEDs that administrators would see if they were simultaneously standing in front of all the switch panels. A red LED indicates a problematic port, and administrators can use the management system to troubleshoot the disabled port. Time-consuming and laborious software upgrades. Upgrading switch software requires hours of repetitive tasks when using traditional device management.