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Switching to GRHA Mode

Accomplish the following steps to switch to GRHA mode:

1. Upgrade the SBC application either using LSWU or Platform Manager.
   Stop the standby SBC application. On the SBC main screen, navigate to Administration > System Administration > Platform Management. The Platform and SBC Application Controls window is displayed. To stop the application, click Stop SBC Application in the status panel.

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   0 Figure 1 Stop SBC Application Panel
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   For details, refer to the section System Administration - Platform Management.
   

   Note
   The services on standby SBC server must be stopped before switching to GRHA mode since the switch to GRHA mode causes a temporary HA link outage. The script will verify the state of the servers and make the necessary changes.

   
   

2. From the CLI command prompt, perform one of the steps below, depending on your configuration. For example, in SBC Core, set bond monitoring type to network-connect and leader election algorithm type to enhanced:

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   On the standby server, execute the following command:

   Note
   Bond monitoring is only applicable to SBC 5000/7000 series platforms.

   To set bond monitoring type to network-connect and leader election algorithm type to enhanced:
    

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   > request system admin sbx2 setHaConfig bondMonitoring network-connect leaderElection enhanced

   To set bond monitoring type to direct-connect and retain currentValue setting of leader election algorithm:

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   > request system admin sbx2 setHaConfig bondMonitoring direct-connect leaderElection currentValue

   On the active server, execute the following command:

    To set bond monitoring type to network-connect and leader election algorithm type to enhanced:

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   > request system admin sbx1 setHaConfig bondMonitoring network-connect leaderElection enhanced

   To set bond monitoring type to direct-connect and retain currentValue setting of leader election algorithm:

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   > request system admin sbx1 setHaConfig bondMonitoring direct-connect leaderElection currentValue

   Start the standby server. Log on to SBC application in EMA Platform Mode.

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   0 Figure 1 Start SBC Application Panel
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   For details, refer to the section System Administration - Platform Management.

   Note
   The standby server comes up and reconnects as standby with the GRHA mode enabled on both the machines.

Verifying GRHA Mode

Accomplish the following step to verify GRHA mode:

> show table system haConfig 
                        LEADER     BOND 
SERVER NAME             ELECTION   MONITORING 
--------------------------------------------------
sbx1.eng.sonusnetRibbonnet.com   enhanced   network-connect
sbx2.eng.sonusnetRibbonnet.com   enhanced   network-connect

Switching Out of the GRHA Mode

Accomplish the following steps to switch out of the GRHA mode:

On the standby server, execute the following command:

To set bond monitoring type to direct-connect and leader election algorithm type to standard

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, enter the following command:

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> request system admin sbx2 setHaConfig bondMonitoring direct-connect leaderElection standard

 

On the active server, execute the following command:
 To set bond monitoring type to direct-connect and leader election algorithm type to standard: Code Block

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> request system admin sbx1 setHaConfig bondMonitoring direct-connect leaderElection standard

Start the standby server. Log on to SBC application in EMA Platform Mode.

 

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0 Figure 1 Start SBC Application Panel
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For details, refer to the section System Administration - Platform Management.

Note
The standby server comes up and reconnects as standby without the GRHA mode enabled on both the machines.

 Verifying

 Verifying non-GRHA Mode

Accomplish the following step to verify non-GRHA mode:

> show table system haConfig 
                        LEADER     BOND 
SERVER NAME             ELECTION   MONITORING 
--------------------------------------------------
sbx1.eng.sonusnetRibbonnet.com   standard   direct-connect
sbx2.eng.sonusnetRibbonnet.com   standard   direct-connect