Activating High Availability

Use the following workflow to activate High Availability on a pair of newly installed Edge 8300 devices. This includes 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 
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  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

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Workflow

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

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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

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 System > 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.