7000 and 8000 Series Device High Availability
The following topics describe how to configure high availability for Firepower 7000 Series and 8000 Series
devices in the Firepower System:
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About 7000 and 8000 Series Device High Availability, on page 1
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Establishing Device High Availability, on page 6
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Editing Device High Availability, on page 7
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Configuring Individual Devices in a High-Availability Pair, on page 7
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Configuring Individual Device Stacks in a High-Availability Pair, on page 8
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Configuring Interfaces on a Device in a High-Availability Pair, on page 8
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Switching the Active Peer in a Device High-Availability Pair, on page 9
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Placing a High-Availability Peer into Maintenance Mode, on page 10
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Replacing a Device in a Stack in a High-Availability Pair, on page 10
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Device High Availability State Sharing, on page 11
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Device High Availability State Sharing Statistics for Troubleshooting, on page 14
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Separating Device High-Availability Pairs, on page 17
About 7000 and 8000 Series Device High Availability
With 7000 and 8000 Series device high availability, you can establish redundancy of networking functionality
and configuration data between two peer devices or two peer device stacks.
You achieve configuration redundancy by configuring two peer devices or two peer device stacks into a
high-availability pair to act as a single logical system for policy deploys, system updates, and registration.
The system automatically synchronizes other configuration data.
Static routes, non-SFRP IP addresses, and routing priorities are not synchronized between the peer devices
or peer device stacks. Each peer device or peer device stack maintains its own routing intelligence.
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Related Topics
SFRP
Advanced Virtual Switch Settings
7000 and 8000 Series Device High Availability
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