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tolinrome_13817's avatar
tolinrome_13817
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Apr 01, 2014

Failover Interface

Is it correct that the failover interface is used only to connect to another device in the cluster and is used for the heartbeat of the cluster only? The documentation states that the Management interface is the primary for this and the failover is secondary (shows that in my system as well).

 

Where (if possible) in the gui can I see the HA interface? In Network>Interfaces I see the regular interfaces for the VLANs etc, but where is the HA one?

 

application delivery
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  • nathe's avatar
    nathe
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    Apr 01, 2014

    tolinrome,

     

    I don't believe one is a primary or secondary interface for this heartbeat traffic.

     

    You can also configure mirroring to go over the HA interface too, to avoid overhead on the interfaces serving application traffic.

     

    As for viewing the HA interface, it's a normal TMM interface (specified as a HA interface if you used the setup wizard) with a self IP (but no floating self IP).

     

    Hope this helps,

     

    N

     

  • tolinrome_13817's avatar
    tolinrome_13817
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    Apr 01, 2014

    My HA Vlan is interface 1.5, I had to reconfigure after using the setup wizard. I'm trying to determine what the failover interface port on the unit is used for? Its not my HA 1/5 interface which is a vlan.