Use the following workflow to activate High Availability on a pair of newly installed Edge 8000 devices. The workflow actions include installing the HA license.

Refer to High Availability for a description of the High Availability option and a summary of user interface changes supporting the option.

Prerequisites 

  • Login access to the SBC SWe Edge web-based user interface (webUI) as user administrator (admin) on each device
  • Completion of the Workflow for Initial Setup - High Availability up to this procedure
  • Ethernet interfaces on each device

  • Dedicated HA port
  • Media (packet) ports
  • Management port
Interface TypeLimitations and Characteristics
Dedicated HA portOnce you enable the HA feature on your SBC SWe Edge, you can only configure the static IP addresses on the Active and Standby instances of the HA port, which must be on the same subnet.
Media (packet) portsOnly static IP address are supported in SBC SWe Edge release 12.1.
Management portYou can use either static or DHCP IP addresses and configure different IP addresses on both the Active and the Standby instances.

Workflow

Step

Action

1Configure High Availability on Active and Standby Devices
2Verify High Availability Status
3Install an HA License


Configure High Availability on Active and Standby Devices

Enter the local and remote HA port IP addresses of the first High Availability device (referred to as an SBC SWe Edge instance in the procedure), and reboot the device. Repeat the steps for the other device.

Start

  1. Log in to your SBC SWe Edge instance. 
  2. Click the Settings tab at the top of the WebUI.
  3. In the left navigation pane, go to System > Node-level Settings.
  4. Click Enable HA.

    Enable HA on SBC SWe Edge Instance


  5. Enter the Local IP Address, Local IP Netmask, and Remote IP Address in the Create HA Interface pop-up window. 

    Note

    The Local IP is the HA IP address of the instance you are currently in. The Remote IP is the other HA IP address of the other instance, as mentioned in the the Prerequisites section. 


    Create HA Interface on the Instance


  6. Click OK. The following message opens.


  7. Click OK. The following message opens.

    Note

    It takes about 2 minutes for the instance to reboot. The system takes you back to the log in page once the reboot is complete.

  8. Log in to your SBC SWe Edge instance.
  9. Click the Settings tab at the top of the WebUI.
  10. In the left navigation pane, go to Networking Interfaces > Logical Interfaces.

    HA Interface on the Active Instance

  11. Confirm that HA is enabled on this instance. The HA role of the instance is seen at the right hand corner of the WebUI.

    The HA Role is Shown at the Right-hand Corner of the Instance WebUI

  12. Repeat steps 1 to 11 in the second instance, which will become the Standby.


Verify High Availability Status

Verify the HA pair status to ensure that both the Active and Standby devices (referred to as instances in the procedure) are properly enabled.

Start

  1. Log in to the Active instance. 
  2. Click the Diagnostics tab at the top of the WebUI.
  3. In the left navigation pane, go to High Availability > HA Status Details to view the HA status.


  4. Repeat steps 1 to 3 on the Standby instance.


Install an HA License

Start

  1. Log in to the Active instance.
  2. Click the Settings tab at the top of the WebUI.
  3. In the left navigation window, go to System > Licensing > Install New License.
  4. Click Choose File and upload your license key.
  5. Click Decode to see the details of the license.
  6. Click Apply. 
  7. In the left navigation pane, select Licensing > Current Licenses. The Current Licenses pane opens on the right.
  8. In the Feature Licenses section, verify the license count that is currently available on the system is as required.