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Use the following workflow to activate High Availability on a pair of newly installed

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devices. The workflow actions include includes setting each device's local and remote HA interface addresses and installing the single HA license that applies to both devices.

Refer to High Availability for a description an overview of the High Availability option architecture and a summary of the corresponding user interface changes supporting the option. Refer to Workflow for Initial Setup - High Availability for the complete installation and configuration instructions.

Prerequisites 

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Prerequisites

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

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  • point in the workflow.
  • A Node-Locked License (NLL) for
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    HA deployment uploaded to the Active device. Note that generating the license file in Salesforce requires the 
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    IDs of both HA devices. Refer to Obtaining and Installing an SBC SWe Edge Production Node-Locked License.
  • Ethernet interfaces defined or reserved for the 
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    High Availability

    Each device has a dedicated 

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    HA interface, High Availability.

    When you enable the HA feature in the Enable High Availability step of this workflow, you assign each device an HA interface IP address. The HA interfaces must have static IPv4 addresses on the same subnet and at least three addresses apart. Example: 10.10.10.41 and 10.10.10.44.

    Note that the SWe Edge HA interface automatically associates with Bridge 5 of the Edge 8000 device by virtue of Bridge 5 being assigned to Extra Interface 2 in the SWe Edge Settings of Running Setup Wizard - High Availability. The following diagram, HA Architecture Deployment Example, illustrates the interface assignments in a typical HA deployment.

    Media (packet)

    Each device has SWe Edge media (packet) interfaces, Ethernet 1 and Ethernet 3. 

    You will assign unique, static IP addresses to the media interfaces when you configure the SWe Edge logical networking interfaces, later when you return to Workflow for Initial Setup - High Availability and you configure the SWe Edge application on the Active device. (The SWe Edge settings replicate automatically to the Standby device in real-time when you configure the Active device.)

    Management

    Each device has a SWe Edge management interface, Admin. 

    You already assigned a unique, static IP address for each device's SWe Edge management interface when you set the Mgmt Host IP in the SWe Edge Settings of Running Setup Wizard - High Availability.

     

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Workflow

Step

Action

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


Enable High Availability on Active and Standby Devices

Enter the local and remote HA interface IP addresses of the first High Availability device (referred to as an 

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instance in the procedure), then reboot the device. Repeat the steps for the other device.

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When assigning local and remote IP addresses, the HA interface addresses they must be static IPv4 addresses on the same subnet and at least three numbers addresses apart. Example: x10.x10.x10.41 and x10.x10.x10.44.

 

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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.

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Install an HA License

Install the HA License on the Active 

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device. Once the Active SWe Edge instance accepts the licensing data, the HA feature automatically replicates the licensing information to the Standby.

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