Sirius 800 Series User Manual
Single Active IP Addr. on Dual Red. Controllers (Optional)
Nucleus Router Control Modules 14.3
Iss 5 Rev 7
Page 258
© 2017 SAM
In this example
:
•
The active address is set to 172.31.9.30
•
The idle and replication IP addresses are both set to 172.31.9.31
The replication address is the address of the second controller in the main and
redundant pair. The active controller uses this address to replicate (synchronize) data
such as; crosspoint status, module configuration and port configuration to the idle
controller so that both controllers have the same information in the event of controller
changeover or failure.
14.3.4 Nucleus 2450 Single Active/Idle IP Address Configuration
1.
The address settings are stored in the controller Network.ini file. They are shown as
highlighted text in the Network.ini extract below). The existing controller Network.ini
file must be edited using a pure text editor such as Microsoft Notepad. The same
Network.ini file should be used on both controllers.
[NETWORK]
Force10M=1
IPAddress=172.31.9.30
IPAddressIdle=172.31.9.31
SubNetMask=255.255.224.0
DefaultGateway=0.0.0.0
DNSAddress=0.0.0.0
UseDHCP=0
UseSNMP=1
a
IPADDRESS=
Configures the Active IP Address
b
IPADDRESSIDLE=
Configures the Idle IP Address (controller address will not change if not defined)
2.
2. Use the Workbench Generic Editor to configure auto changeover on loss of
controller Ethernet (see the Workbench manual for details. Navigate to:
a
ConfigurationItems, MiscellaneousFeatures, AutoChangeoverIfNoNetwork-
Time=2
Configures the time, in seconds, that active controller will stay active after it loses
its Ethernet connection. When this time has elapsed the active controller will go
idle and the idle controller will go active. A setting of -1 will disable the feature but
this is not recommended.
3.
See the Sirius 800 Maintenance & Upgrade manual for details on editing the
Network.ini file on the compact flash card.
In this example
:
•
The active address is set to 172.31.9.30
•
The idle IP address is set to 172.31.9.31