Purpose: You can create an HA group from Cloud Edge Cloud Console. An HA group consists of
two Cloud Edge gateways. A gateway can belong to
only one HA Group.
Location:
Gateways
Procedure
- Review information about HA Groups as needed.
- Connect an Ethernet cable directly between the heartbeat interfaces for each
gateway that will be a member of the HA group.For the Cloud Edge 50G2 gateway, you can use only LAN2 or LAN3 for the heartbeat L3 interface. Moreover, you must use the same interface on each gateway (LAN2-to-LAN2 or LAN3-to-LAN3).
- In the High Availability Management section,
click Create HA Group.The Create HA Group wizard opens.
- In the Create HA Group and Choose Operation
Mode page, specify the following details:
Option Description HA group nameName must be between 1 to 32 characters long and can contain letters, numbers, or the underline symbol.Operation modePreset to Active-Passive, which is the only available mode.Authentication methodSelect one of the following:-
None
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Simple and then enter the password to use for simple authentication
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HMAC and then enter the password to use for HMAC authentication
EnableSelect one of the following:-
On
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Off
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- Click Next.
- In the Configure Primary Gateway page,
configure settings for the Cloud Edge gateway
that will be the primary gateway in the HA group.
Option Description Primary HA gatewaySelect the gateway from the drop-down list that you want to designate as the HA primary gateway.Only gateways that support an HA group configuration are listed.RoleA read-only field set to Primary, which is the role that will be assigned to this gateway.PriorityEnter a priority number for this gateway (1-253). Default is 253.The gateway with the higher the priority is active.Heartbeat interfaceSelect the L3 interface from the drop-down that Cloud Edge uses for communicating with the peer HA gateway.For the Cloud Edge 50G2 gateway, only LAN2 or LAN3 can be selected as the heartbeat interface.Heartbeat interface IP / Netmask If not already configured, you must enter an IPv4 address and netmask for the heartbeat interface.The heartbeat interface's IPv4 address for the primary and secondary gateways must be on the same subnet.After adding an interface to an HA pair, you cannot change the primary or secondary gateways for that interface. - Click Next.
- In the Configure Secondary Gateway page,
configure settings for the Cloud Edge gateway
that will be the secondary gateway in the HA group.
Option Description Secondary HA gatewaySelect the gateway from the drop down list that you want to designate as the HA secondary gateway.Only gateways that support an HA group configuration are listed.RoleA read-only field set to Secondary, which is the role that will be assigned to this gateway.PriorityEnter a priority number for this gateway (1-253). Default is 100.The gateway with the higher the priority is active.Heartbeat interfaceThe L3 interface is preselected from the drop-down and is the same interface selected for the primary HA gateway.Cloud Edge uses the interface for communicating with the peer HA gateway.Heartbeat interface IP / Netmask If not already configured, you must enter an IPv4 address and netmask for the heartbeat interface. It must be on the same subnet as the heartbeat IP address configured for the primary. - Click Next.
- In the Configure Takeover When Failure Occurs
page, configure settings for the Cloud Edge
HA group when a failure happens and takeover occurs.
Option Description PreemptionSelect one of the following:-
On (default): Primary gateway will return to active role after it recovers from a previous failure
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Off: Primary gateway does not automatically resume the active role after recovery from a failure. User must perform manual failover.
Monitor interfaceSelect one or more interfaces to monitor. Cloud Edge monitors only physical interfaces. It is recommended to monitor all physical interfaces with traffic.Monitor IP/FQDNFor each monitor interface, enter up to two IP addresses or FQDNs to use as monitor hosts.Takeover triggersYou must enter values for the following:-
Heartbeat failure times: Indicates the number of heartbeat failures before the passive gateway takes over from the failed gateway (default is 3, range is 3-9)
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Ping failure times: Indicates the number of ping failures before the passive gateway takes over from the failed gateway (default is 3, range is 1-5)
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- In the Configure Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
(VRRP) Group page, add one or more VRRP groups.
- Click Add.
- Select an interface and enter the virtual IPv4 Address and netmask for
the VRRP group.You can select either an L3 physical interface or a static L3 VLAN interface, depending on the configuration.See HA Group – VRRP Groups configuration requirements.
- Save the VRRP group by clicking on the check mark to the right of the
IP Address/Mask field.You must add and save at least one VRRP group before clicking Next.
Note
You can delete a VRRP group by clicking on the "X" to the right of the VRRP group that you want to delete.
After clicking Next, the summary page opens. - Review the summary of the HA group settings.
Note
The primary HA gateway is active and the secondary HA gateway is passive when you first create an HA group. - Click Save.