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Chapter 14 Configuring Failover
Configuring Failover
Note
In multiple context mode, you must configure the interface addresses from within each context.
Use the
changeto context
command to switch between contexts. The command prompt changes
to
hostname/
context
(config-if)#
, where
context
is the name of the current context.
Step 2
Configure the basic failover parameters in the system execution space.
a.
Designate the unit as the primary unit:
hostname(config)#
failover lan unit primary
b.
Specify the failover link:
hostname(config)#
failover lan interface
if_name
vlan
vlan
The
if_name
argument assigns a logical name to the interface specified by the
vlan
argument. This
interface should not be used for any other purpose (except, optionally, the state link).
c.
Specify the failover link active and standby IP addresses:
hostname(config)#
failover interface ip
if_name ip_addr mask
standby
ip_addr
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 failover link IP address does not change at failover.
The active IP address always stays with the primary unit, while the standby IP address stays with
the secondary unit.
Step 3
(Optional) To enable Stateful Failover, configure the state link. The state link must be configured on an
unused interface.
a.
Specify the interface to be used as the state link:
hostname(config)#
failover link
if_name
[
vlan
vlan
]
The
if_name
argument assigns a logical name to the interface specified by the
vlan
argument. This
interface should not be used for any other purpose (except, optionally, the failover link).
Note
If the state link uses the failover link, then you only need to supply the
if_name
argument.
b.
Assign an active and standby IP address to the state link.
Note
If the state link uses the failover link, skip this step. You have already defined the failover
link active and standby IP addresses.
hostname(config)#
failover interface ip
if_name ip_addr mask
standby
ip_addr
The standby IP address must be in the same subnet as the active IP address. You do not need to
identify the standby address subnet mask.
The state link IP address does not change at failover. The active IP address always stays with the
primary unit, while the standby IP address stays with the secondary unit.
Step 4
Configure the failover groups. You can have at most two failover groups. The
failover group
command
creates the specified failover group if it does not exist and enters the failover group configuration mode.
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