Coyote Point Systems Equalizer GX Series, Administration Manual

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Failover
Configuring Active/Passive Failover (CLI)
Perform Steps 1 and 2 on both Equalizers
1. Perform initial system configuration on both units as outlined in
"Networking Technologies"
on
page 90.
2. Configure VLANs and subnets on both units; they must be exactly the same as noted in
"Fail-
over Constraints"
on page 539 .
Ensure that the network configuration is working properly. In particular, make sure that at
least one gateway on a subnet that has the heartbeat flag enabled is responding to a ping
command:
eqcli > ping gateway_IP_address
If no gateways are responding, then configure a server with an IP address on a subnet
with
heartbeat
enabled. Make sure it is responding to a
ping
command:
eqcli >
server name proto {tcp|udp} ip IP_address port port_number
eqcli >
ping server_IP_address
Perform Step 3 on the preferred backup Equalizer to obtain the peer signature:
3. Obtain the failover signature of the preferred backup Equalizer.
a. Log in to the CLI on the Equalizer you will use as the preferred backup and
enter:
eqcli show peer
------------------------------------
Configuration Sequence Number: 4593
------------------------------------
Peer Name Type Flags F/O Mode Error?
eq_001D7D78E13E (remote)OS/10 xfr Standalone No
Flags Key:
F/O=> failover
A/A=> active-active
P/P=> preferred_primary
xfr=> fo_config_xfer
ssl => use_ssl
eqcli >
b. Enter the
show peer
command again, however this time with the
Name
of the
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