Configuring High Availability
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e. Click
Next
. Do Step 4d again for all related interfaces in your network.
Note - For Internet connections, you can only enable High Availability on Static IP Internet
connections. Other types of Internet connections can be used for monitoring only.
5. For a secondary member:
a. In Step 2: SIC Settings, enter the Secure Internal Communication
password
.
b. Click
Establish Trust
.
6. Click
Finish
.
When the cluster is successfully configured, you see the status of the members on this page.
After the cluster is configured, when you connect to the cluster IP address you are automatically redirected
to the active cluster member. To log in to specified member, you must log in with the member's IP address.
Note that the WebUI of the secondary member (standby member) only has some options available for fine
tuning (for a locally managed cluster: basic network settings and logs. A cluster managed by Quantum
Spark Portal cluster also has Cloud Services). This is because all cluster management is done from the
active member.
Cluster Managed by Quantum Spark Portal
You can configure a cluster in which both gateways are managed by Quantum Spark Portal. Make sure the
gateways are connected to Quantum Spark Portal before you create the cluster.
A cluster supported by Quantum Spark Portal is very similar to a locally managed cluster. One member is
Active, and the other is Standby. To change the status of the Active member, click
Force Member Down
.
To configure the cluster (on the gateway side):
Note – The procedure is similar to the one to create a local cluster that does not involve the Quantum Spark
Portal.
1. Log in to the WebUI of the gateway you want to use as the primary member of the cluster.
2. In the
Device
>
High Availability
page, click
Configure Cluster
. The
New Cluster Wizard
opens.
3. In
Step 1: Gateway Priority
, select
Configure as primary member
.
4. Click
Next
.
5. In
Step 2: SIC Settings
, you see a message that you do not need to establish trust as the cluster is
managed by Quantum Spark Portal Cloud Services.
Optional - Under
Advanced
, enter this information:
n
Sync interface
n
Sync IP address
n
Sync IP subnet
n
Other member sync IP address
6. Click
Next
.
7. In
Step 3: Gateway Interfaces
, configure the addresses of each interface. Select
Enable High
Availability on interface
and enter the networking details for both member gateways and the cluster
entity.
Note - This step is divided into several sub-steps, one for each interface.