Chapter 2
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Main Window Overview
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Recovery from a NIC Failure
When two NICs are in a redundancy mode and the protected NIC fails (shows
as
Disconnected
) the followings will occur:
y
The playing channels of the protected NIC will be automatically passed
over to the standby NIC.
y
The Redundancy Mode of the backed up NIC will be changed from
Protected to Inactive Protected.
y
The Redundancy Mode of the standby NIC will be changed from Standby
to Active Standby.
The following are few of the options available for recovery after the
connection problem was fixed:
y
Remaining in a Inactive Protected /Active Standby NIC states. The
currently inactive NIC functions as the backup NIC.
y
Restoring to the original redundancy state by clicking on the Inactive
Protected button and in the
Set Redundancy I/F…
window click
Restore
.
Tools
Options Description
Applies changes. This button is disabled if you are logged on as Guest.
Updates parameters that have changed while the Platform page was open.
Restarts MGW x100. It will take several minutes until MGW x100 finishes
booting and logs you back on. This button is disabled if you are logged on as
Guest.
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