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Chapter 14 Configuring Failover
Configuring Failover
Note
Stateful Failover is not available on the ASA 5505 adaptive security appliance.
a.
Specify the interface to be used as the Stateful Failover link:
hostname(config)#
failover link
if_name
phy_if
The
if_name
argument assigns a logical name to the interface specified by the
phy_if
argument. The
phy_if
argument can be the physical port name, such as Ethernet1, or a previously created
subinterface, such as Ethernet0/2.3. This interface should not be used for any other purpose.
b.
Assign an active and standby IP address to the Stateful Failover link:
hostname(config)#
failover interface ip
if_name ip_addr mask
standby
ip_addr
Note
If the Stateful Failover link uses a data interface, skip this step. You have already defined the
active and standby IP addresses for the interface.
The standby IP address must be in the same subnet as the active IP address. You do not need to
identify the standby IP address subnet mask.
The Stateful Failover link IP address and MAC address do not change at failover unless it uses a data
interface. The active IP address always stays with the primary unit, while the standby IP address
stays with the secondary unit.
c.
Enable the interface:
hostname(config)#
interface
phy_if
hostname(config-if)#
no shutdown
Step 5
Enable failover:
hostname(config)#
failover
Step 6
Power on the secondary unit and enable failover on the unit if it is not already enabled:
hostname(config)#
failover
The active unit sends the configuration in running memory to the standby unit. As the configuration
synchronizes, the messages “Beginning configuration replication: sending to mate.” and “End
Configuration Replication to mate” appear on the primary console.
Step 7
Save the configuration to Flash memory on the primary unit. Because the commands entered on the
primary unit are replicated to the secondary unit, the secondary unit also saves its configuration to Flash
memory.
hostname(config)#
copy running-config startup-config
Configuring LAN-Based Active/Standby Failover
This section describes how to configure Active/Standby failover using an Ethernet failover link. When
configuring LAN-based failover, you must bootstrap the secondary device to recognize the failover link
before the secondary device can obtain the running configuration from the primary device.
Summary of Contents for 500 Series
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