Running Setup Wizard - High Availability

Use the following workflow to configure a pair of Edge 8300 devices for High Availability.

The actions performed mirror those found in Running Setup Wizard - Standalone. Attention boxes highlight instructions that are unique for High Availability. For example:

Use this workflow twice, once for each of the 8300 devices. Then return to Workflow for Initial Setup - High Availability.

Prerequisites

• Login access to the 

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  CLI as user system administrator (sysadm).

Workflow

¹ This procedure contains an Attention box highlighting actions unique for High Availability.

Job Aid: Navigating Within the Setup Wizard

The Setup Wizard is a text user interface (TUI). To move between elements and activate selections, use the following keys from the keyboard.

Log In and Start the Setup Wizard

1. From the Edge 8000 CLI, log in as user system administrator (sysadm).

2. Follow the prompts to change the password, and then log in again.
   Refer to Password Management for the initial (default) passwords.

3. Change to root user. Enter the new password you chose in the previous step.

   $ sudo -i
   password for sysadm:

4. Start the Setup Wizard.

   # setupwizard

   The System Startup Configuration window appears.

Complete the System Menu

1. From the System Startup Configuration window, select System and press Enter.
2. The System Configuration window appears, showing available elements to configure: 
   Hostname, Time Zone, Time Server, RAMP Server, PRI type, and 6WIND fast path cores.
3. Press the down-arrow key to select an element in the System Configuration window.
   For example, 
   1. Select Hostname and press Enter.
      The Host Configuration window appears.
   2. Configure the Hostname settings.
   3. Enter OK to save the settings.
      The System Configuration window appears again, enabling you to select another element for configuration.

4. Configure the settings per the following Field Definitions.

   ATTENTION

   For High Availability, set the 6WIND fastpath cores to 2. Decreasing the 6WIND cores to 2 allows you to increase the SBC SWe Edge CPUs to 4 later in this procedure.

5. Enter OK to save the settings.

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Complete the BR1-5 Menus

1. From the System Startup Configuration window, select a bridge and press Enter. 
   The Bridge Configuration window appears, for example, BR1 Configuration window.

2. Configure the BR settings per the following Field Definitions.

   ATTENTION

   For High Availability, configure Bridge 5 (br5) as the HA interface:

   • Disable DHCP Client (press the space bar to change the field to [  ]).
   • Enter an IPv4 Address that is unique to the device being configured but on the same subnet as Bridge 5 on the other 8300 device.
   • In the bridge Members field, enter the name of the port you used for HA cabling when you physically installed the device in Connect the Network Cables. Example: ge6.
   Note

   BR3 is an internal bridge with no provisionable fields for the members, DHCP server, and DHCP client fields.
   

3. Enter OK to save the settings.

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Complete the GE1-8 Menus

1. From the System Startup Configuration window, select a Gigabit Ethernet (GE) port and press Enter. 
   A GE Configuration window appears, for example the GE1 Configuration window.

2. Modify the Gigabit Ethernet settings per the field definitions given in the following table.

   Note

   If the interface is a member of a bridge, do not enter values in the IPv4 Address and Netmask Length fields. Leave the default values in place.

3. Click OK to save the settings.

GE1-8 Configuration - Field Definitions

Complete the SFP9-10 Menus

1. From the System Startup Configuration window, select an SFP port and press Enter. 
   An SFP window appears, for example, the SFP9 Configuration window.

2. Modify the SFP settings per the field definitions given in the following table.

   Note

   If the interface is a member of a bridge interface, do not enter IPv4 Address and Netmask Length values. Leave the default values in place.

3. Click OK to save the settings.

SFP9-10 Configuration - Field Definitions

Complete the Default Gateway Menu

1. From the System Startup Configuration window, select Default Gateway and press Enter. 
   The Default Gateway window appears.
2. Modify the default gateway settings per the field definitions given in the following table.
3. Click OK to save the settings.

Default Gateway Configuration - Field Definitions

Complete the DNS Settings Menu

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Complete the SWe-Edge Settings Menu

1. From the System Startup Configuration window, select SWe-Edge Settings and press Enter. 
   The Swe-Edge Configuration window appears.

2. Configure the SWe Edge settings per the following Field Definitions.

   ATTENTION

   For High Availability:

   • Set the CPUs value to 4. This increases the CPUs assigned to SWe Edge processing, as required for High Availability processing. (Earlier, in Complete the System Setup, you decreased the number of CPUs assigned for 6WIND fastpath core CPUs to 2 to maintain the correct balance of CPU assignments.)
   • Enter Bridge 5 (br5) for the value of Extra Interface 2. This is the interface you configured in Complete the BR1-4 Menus for the HA interface between the two 8300 devices.
3. Enter OK to save the settings.

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Exit the Setup Wizard

Exiting the Setup Wizard saves the configuration settings and applies the changes. This will cause a service interruption for approximately 3 minutes. The system will be unreachable during this time.