Oracle Acme Packet 4500, Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual

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64 Acme Packet 4500 Hardware Installation and Maintenance Guide
SYSTEM INSTALLATION
2. Insert the other end of the Ethernet cable into the corresponding mgmt interface
on the rear panel of the SBC2. The release tab on the RJ45 jack clicks into place
when you insert it properly. If you use mgmt1 on SBC2, then you will connect it
to mgmt1 on SBC2.
Figure 4 - 90. HA Configuration Using Single Rear Interface
3. Refer to the configuration procedures located in the HA Nodes chapter of the
Acme Packet Configuration Guide .
To cable Acme Packet 4500s in an HA configuration using dual rear interface
support:
1. Insert one end of an Ethernet cable into Mgmt1 on the rear panel of SBC1. The
release tab on the RJ45 jack clicks into place when you insert it properly.
2. Insert the other end of the cable into the Mgmt1 port on the rear panel of SBC2.
The release tab on the RJ45 jack clicks into place when you insert it properly.
3. Insert one end of a second Ethernet cable into Mgmt2 on the rear panel of SBC1.
The release tab on the RJ45 jack clicks into place when you insert it properly.
4. Insert the other end of the cable into Mgmt2 on the rear panel of SBC2. The
release tab on the RJ45 jack clicks into place when you insert it properly.
Figure 4 - 91. HA Configuration Using Dual Rear Interfaces
5. Refer to the configuration procedures located in the HA Nodes chapter of the
Acme Packet Configuration Guide .
Media Cabling for HA
Nodes
NIU media port cabling in an HA node depends on network topology. After a
switchover between the two Acme Packet 4500s in an HA node, the standby system
sends out an ARP message using a configured virtual MAC address, establishing that
MAC on another physical port on the same Ethernet switch.