Key Features
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Ethernet Bonding
Ethernet bonding is a method of providing redundancy to an Ethernet
connection. When Ethernet bonding is enabled, the primary Ethernet port
operates under normal circumstances. If the primary Ethernet port fails, a
backup (or redundant) Ethernet port takes over. This is called a failover
condition (e.g., the primary Ethernet port fails over to the secondary Ethernet
port). A different interface becomes active if, and only if the active interface
fails. After a failover has occurred, the primary interface becomes active once
again after the failover condition has been corrected.
Note:
Ethernet bonding cannot be implemented on an APM 2500 or an APM
5000 in a private network configuration, since the APM 2500 and the APM
5000 will not support expansion cards.
DHCP Option for APM Network Setup
When you configure the network, either through the First Time Configuration
Wizard, or through the CLI “setnetwork” command, you now have the option
to use DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) to configure Eth0.
DHCP allows the APM to obtain its own IP address from the DNS server. If
there is no DNS server, or if the DNS server cannot be accessed, the default IP
address of 192.168.1.20 will be assigned to Eth0. Eth0 is the only Ethernet
port that can be configured to use DHCP. Of course, as always, you can
configure Eth0 with a static IP address, if you wish.
Health Monitoring
This feature allows the AlterPath Manager to monitor on a periodic basis the
consoles that are running on specified device, to generate log files, and to
send an alarm notifications to specified users.
Health Monitoring is designed to ensure that in the event of a network failure,
remote sites are available and working properly.
An integral part of Health Monitoring is the Health Modem feature which
monitors any modems that are being used to connect to a device either as a
primary connection or as a backup. Like Health Monitoring, this feature has
its own alarm trigger which the administrator can configure to generate log
files and send alarm notifications to users.
Summary of Contents for AlterPath Manager 2500
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