Coyote Point Systems Equalizer GX Series, Administration Manual

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4. Log in to the GUI for the preferred primary Equalizer using the procedures described in
"Log-
ging In"
on page 230.
a. Configure the preferred primary peer and check the
Failover
and
preferred_
primary
flags to the preferred primary Equalizer as shown below.
b. Highlight and copy the failover
Signature
of the preferred primary Equalizer. Copy
the signature to an electronic clipboard, notepad or whatever means available
to save it.
c. Configure the timeout and interval sliders using the descriptions provided in
"Failover Peer Probes and Timeouts"
on page 543.
d. Click on
Commit
to save the flag assignments.
5. Create a peer definition for the backup peer- on the preferred primary Equalizer.
a. Right click on
Failover
on the left navigational pane and select
Add failover peer.
The
failover peer entry form as shown below:
b. Enter a
Peer Name
for the backup peer and type or paste in the signature of the
preferred primary that you saved from step 3. Click on
Commit
to save the peer.
c. You now need to assign a failover flag to the backup peer. Click on the backup
peer (
EQ2_Backup
in the example) to display the backup peer
Configuration >
Required
screen.
d. Enable the
Failover
flag and click on
Commit
. Both peers should appear on the left
navigational pane on the
Peers
branch.
Perform Step 6 on the preferred backup Equalizer to add failover flags and create a peer definition for the
primary Equalizer.
6. Log back in to the GUI for the backup Equalizer using the procedures described in
"Logging
In"
on page 230. You will need to create a peer for the preferred primary, using the sig-
nature that you recorded from step 4b.
a. Right click on
Failover
in the left navigational pane and select
Add failover peer
to
display the peer entry form .
b. Type or paste the peer Signature of the preferred primary Equalizer and click on
Commit
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Equalizer Administration Guide