Setting Up High Availability Configurations
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9 • Configuring Miscellaneous Services
Figure 88. Network > Miscellaneous Settings > High Availability
Table 35. Misc. Settings: HA Configurations
Field
Description
High Availability (HA)
Check this box to specify that the BD1000 is part of an HA configuration.
Group Number
Specifies a number that identifies a pair of BD1000 units that operate in a
High Availability configuration. The two BD1000 units in the pair must have
the same Group Number value.
Preferred Role
Specifies whether the BD1000 unit operates in Master or Slave mode. Click
the corresponding radial button to set the role of the unit. One of the units in
the pair must be configured as the Master and the other unit must be config-
ured as the Slave.
Resume Master Role
Upon Recovery
Displays when
Master
mode is selected as the Preferred Role.
When enabled, once the device has recovered from an outage, it will take
over and resume its
Master
role from the slave unit.
Configuration Sync
Displays when
Slave
mode is selected as the Preferred Role.
When
enabled
and the
Master Serial Number
matches with the actual
master unit, the master unit will automatically transfer the configuration to this
unit.
Note
Confirm that the the LAN IP Address and Subnet Mask
fields are set correctly in the LAN Settings page.
Refer to the
Event Log
for the configuration synchronization status.
Master Serial Number
Enter the required serial number of the Master unit to use when the
Configuration Sync.
option is enabled.
Virtual IP
Specifies the LAN IP address where the active BD1000 listens.
The value of Virtual IP represents a LAN IP address that is shared among the
Master and Slave units; however, at any time, only one of the two units will
listen on the IP address.
If the WAN is configured in NAT mode, the Default Gateway of the clients
on the LAN should be set to the virtual IP. These configurations are not
required when the WAN is configured in Drop-in mode.
LAN Administration IP
Specifies a LAN IP address to use for accessing administration functionality.
This address should be unique within the LAN.
Subnet Mask
Specifies the subnet mask of the LAN.
