Coyote Point Systems Equalizer GX Series, Administration Manual

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Failover
Configuring Active/Active Failover (CLI)
1. Configure failover using the current procedures described in
"Configuring Active/Passive Failover
(CLI)"
on page 562.
2. Activate the Active/Active failover mode by setting the active-active flag on the local Peers.
This flag must be set on both Peers for A/A to be enabled. If the flag is set on only one, or
no Peers, failover operates as in the current Active/Passive mode.
You will need to access both Equalizers so it may be easier to open two TTY sessions. Each one
should access the local peers. Enter the following for each local peer:
eqcli > peer [
name
] flags active-active
Once you have added active-active flags to each local peer if the Equalizers are heartbeating you
should see the A/A flags should be displayed when you enter show peer for each Equalizer as
shown below. One Equalizer should be displayed as “Backup” while the other as “Primary”.
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If all Failover groups are instantiated on a Peer, the F/O column will display
Primary.
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If none are instantiated, the F/O column will display Backup.
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If some Failover groups are instantiated on one Peer and some on the other, the
F/O column will display Mixed.
Primary Equalizer
eqcli >
show peer
Peer Name Type Flags F/O Mode Message(s)
Primary (Local) OS/10 F/O,A/A,P/P,xfr Backup No
Backup (Remote) OS/10 F/O,A/A,xfr Primary No
Flags Key:
F/O => failover
A/A => active-active
P/P => preferred-primary
xfr => fo_config_xfer
ssl => use_ssl
eqcli >
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