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The 

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 is deployed in a redundant High Availability (HA) configuration whereby a standby virtual machine (VM) protects the active VM. The HA configuration shares the data between the VMs which protect each other in a 1-1 redundancy model.

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  1. Launch the EMA. Refer to Logging on to EMA in Platform Mode for guidance.

  2. Navigate to Administration > System Administration > Software Install/Upgrade tab. The Packages screen displays.

  3. Select the Package Name to install and then click Install Software.

     

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    1Selecting SBC Package


    The Install Software pane expands and displays the Install Version, Management Ports (configured in post-OS installation) and System Configuration details.

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    1Install SBC Application

    Note
    The signature file of the SBC package verifies the integrity of the package contents before proceeding with the SBC installation.
  4. Enter the System Configuration details.

    1. Select HA Pair in the HA Configuration field.
    2. Select System Name field and enter the system name.
    3. Select Local Hostname and enter local hostname.
    4. Select Peer Hostname and enter peer hostname.

      Note
      For more information, refer to System Name and Hostname Naming Conventions.
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      1System Configuration Pane

    5. Choose the Active option for Server Role to designate the Active server as the one you are configuring.

    6. Keep default Active Primary CE IP.
    7. Keep default Standby Primary CE IP.
    8. Keep default Inter CE Prefix. The inter CE prefix is the netmask of the network in which the Inter CE IPs are configured.
    9. Use default TIPC NETID value (1500) if no other SBC SWe running in the same subnet.
    10. Select NTP Server IP field and enter the NTP server IP address.
    11. Select NTP Server Time Zone field and enter the NTP time zone.

  5. Click Start Installation.

     

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    1Start Installation

  6. The installation process starts and displays the installation status on the Installation Log section.

    1. Perform pre-install checks.

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      1Pre-Install Checks

    2. Extract the package contents.

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      1Extracting Package Contents

    3. Install SBC service.

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      1Installing SBC Service

      Note

      The installation checks whether ConnexIP OS version is compatible with the SBC application. If the OS upgrade is required, it performs the OS upgrade first and reboots the server. Once it is rebooted, login into the EMA again to continue with the SBC application.

    4. Initialize SBC service.

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      1Initialize SBC Service

    5. Update Host Name

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      1Updating Host Name

    6. Reboot system.

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      1Reboot

  7. Log on to EMA platform. The new SBC application version displays on the Monitoring > Dashboard > System and Software Info.

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    1Displaying New SBC App Version

  8. Verify the system status using Administration > System Administration > Platform Management menu.

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    1Verifying System Status

  9. From the EMA, install the SBC licenses required in order to use SBC application and its features. See SBC Node-Locked Licenses for HW and SWe SBCs for guidance.

     

    Note

    Continue upgrading the standby server once all the status is up and running.

  10. Repeat steps 2 through 8 to install the

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     application on the Standby peer, but with the following changes to steps 4c to 4e:

    • Step 4c. Enter Standby server name in Local Hostname field, which is typically the System Name with a letter b appended to the end.

    • Step 4d. Enter Active server name for Peer Hostname field, which is typically the System Name with a letter a appended to the end.

    • Step 4e. Choose the "Standby" option for Server Role to designate the Standby server as the one you are configuring.

    Note

    You must use the same System Name and TIPC NETID for both active and standby servers.

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    1Configuring Standby Server

  11. Once the installation is completed, verify the system status for both "Active" and "Standby" servers using Monitoring> Dashboard> System and Software Info menu.

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    1Verifying System Status for Active Server

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    1Verifying System Status for Standby Server

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