
Configuring High Availability
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Configuring High Availability
Setting Security Appliance Weights (Chassis
High Availability Factors)
Each component in a Security Appliance has a quality weight factor, which sets its relative importance to
overall Security Appliance (Chassis) health.
For example, ports are more important than other components and are typically assigned a higher weight
value.
The Chassis grade is the sum of all component weight values.
In a High Availability environment, the Chassis with the higher grade becomes Active and handles traffic.
The grade for each component is calculated based on this formula:
(Unit Weight) x (Number of UP components)
To see the weight of each component, run in Gaia gClish:
> asg stat -v
Description
Use the "
set chassis high-availability factors
" command to configure a component's
weight.
Syntax in Gaia gClish of Security Group
> set chassis high-availability factors sgm <sgm_factor>
> set chassis high-availability factors port {other <port_other_
factor> | standard <port_standard_factor> | mgmt <port_mgmt_factor> |
bond <port_bond_factor>}
Parameters
Parameter
Description
<
sgm_factor
>
Weight factor for an SGM (Security Appliance)
Valid range: Integer between 0 and 1000
<
port_other_factor
>
High grade port factor
Valid range: Integer between 0 and 1000
<
port_standard_factor
>
Standard grade port factor
Valid range: Integer between 0 and 1000