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Angel_Lopez_116
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Dec 01, 2014

How is choosen the master or primary slot of the cluster?

Hi there, I'd like to know how the cluster master slot is choosen? Is there any rule or algorithm to choose the primary slot on boot? I'm wondering why my Viprion has decided this configuration a...
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I'm not 100% sure, but I think it's whatever blade boots up faster and gets it's services running. On mine I noticed, if Slot1 is primary, then you reboot the chassis, the secondary blades reboot faster. So after the next reboot Slot2 will be primary.

 

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Angel_Lopez_116
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Dec 01, 2014
I see... it seems that there's no rule to decide who will be the master.