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Use the following workflow to configure High Availability on a new pair of new

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devices. Refer to High Availability for For an overview of the HA optionHigh Availability architecture and the associated user interface menus, refer to High Availability. (Refer to Workflow for Initial Setup - Standalone for deploying a single, stand-alone Edge 8100 or 8300 configuring standalone service on a single 
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StepActionUser Interface Required
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Physically install the two

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devices.

Install the devices and their cabling. For High Availability, also connect this includes connecting the HA cable between the devices. Power on the systems.

Refer to Installing Edge 8000 Hardware.


2

Configure the initial platform settings on each devicethe devices.1

For High Availability, this includes:

      • Changing changing the default CPU assignments to decrease the number of 6WIND Fast Path router cores to 2 and increase the SWe Edge call management cores to 4
      • increasing the default SWe Edge memory to 4096 MBs
      • utilizing Utilizing Bridge 5 as the HA bridge

Refer to Running Setup Wizard - High Availability. 

Perform this procedure first on one and then on the other other 

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device.

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CLI via serial console connection or ssh client, then the the front panel serial console port

3

Activate High Availability on the two devices.1,2 

This includes:

      • setting each device's local and remote HA interface addresses, so the Standby SWe Edge instance can monitor the Active SWe Edge instance
      • allowing the devices to reboot
      • installing a single HA license that applies to both devices 

Note that the first 

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device you enable for High Availability becomes the Active device; the other becomes the Standby.

You install the HA License only on the Active Edge 8000 device. Once the Active instance accepts the licensing data, the HA feature automatically replicates the licensing information to the Standby.

Refer to Activating High Availability. 

Generate and install the SWe Edge license on each device.2, 3

Refer to Obtaining and Installing an SBC SWe Edge Production Node-Locked License. Perform this procedure first on one and then on the other

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device.

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GUI via web browserbrowser 

4

Configure the SWe Edge application on each the Active device.1

Refer to Configuration Guides.

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GUI via web browser

On the Active device, complete all the provisioning required for the desired deployment.

For the Standby device, manual provisioning is not required. The HA feature automatically replicates the SWe Edge configuration from the Active device to the Standby device in real-time.

Refer to Configuration Guides and Configuration Examples

5

Configure High Availability for the two devices.

Refer to Activating High Availability. This includes setting each device's local and remote IP addresses so the Standby SWe Edge instance can monitor the Active Swe Edge instance, and installing a single HA license that applies to both devices.

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GUI via web browser

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Configure dynamic Configure dynamic RAMP registration on the Active device.3

Refer to Register an Edge 8000 Device.

RAMP CLI via ssh

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