Coyote Point Systems Equalizer GX Series, Administration Manual

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Failover
Displaying Peer Status
The show peer command displays a summary of all the currently defined peers:
eqcli > show peer
Peer Name Type Flags F/O Mode Error?
Eq-A (Local) OS/10 F/O, A/A, P/P, xfr Mixed No
Eq-B (Remote) OS/10 F/O, A/A, xfr Mixed No
Eq-C (Remote) OS/10 F/O, A/A, xfr Backup No
Flags Key:
F/O => failover
A/A => active-active
P/P => perferred_primary
sfr => fo_config_xfer
eqcli >
For "N+1" failover:
1. Each peer should have the A/A (active-active) flag enabled
2. The modes displayed will be different for active-active, as explained below.
As cables are removed, re-attached, and systems rebooted, the
F/O Mode
displayed for each peer
will move through the following failover mode variations:
Primary
The peer has instantiated all cluster IP addresses, and all subnet failover
IP addresses. Heartbeating is working properly.
Mixed
The peer has instantiated some of the cluster IP addresses in the
configuration and is available as a Backup for others. It has also
instantiated all subnet failover IP addresses for the subnets required by
the instantiated clusters.
Backup
The peer has not instantiated any clusters and is available as a Backup.
Heartbeating is working properly.
Isolated
The peer appears to be up but we cannot heartbeat it. This usually occurs
when a peer is rebooted and has not yet fully assumed a failover mode, or
when there is a connectivity issue on a heartbeating subnet.
Unknown
The peer status is unknown. No heartbeats from this system have been
received. This usually occurs when first configuring failover, before all
peers have started heartbeating one another, or when rebooting a peer.
Standalone
The peer is not participating in failover. It will instantiate all cluster IP
addresses and all subnet failover IP addresses that exist in the
configuration file.
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