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Chapter 14 Configuring Failover
Understanding Failover
endlessly replicated by both FWSMs (see
Figure 14-5
). The spanning tree protocol can break such loops
if there is a timely exchange of BPDUs. To break the loop, BPDUs sent between VLAN 200 and VLAN
201 need to be bridged.
Figure 14-5
Potential Loops in Transparent Mode
Active/Standby and Active/Active Failover
This section describes each failover configuration in detail. This section includes the following topics:
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Active/Standby Failover, page 14-8
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Active/Active Failover, page 14-12
•
Determining Which Type of Failover to Use, page 14-17
Active/Standby Failover
This section describes Active/Standby failover and includes the following topics:
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Active/Standby Failover Overview, page 14-9
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Primary/Secondary Status and Active/Standby Status, page 14-9
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Device Initialization and Configuration Synchronization, page 14-9
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Command Replication, page 14-11
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Failover Triggers, page 14-11
•
Failover Actions, page 14-12
Active
FWSM
VLAN 200
MSFC
VLAN 201
Active
FWSM
Internet
State VLAN 11
Failover VLAN 10
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