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Two NIOS-X Servers can be added to an HA (High Availability) group. In case one NIOS-X Server is down, the second NIOS-X Server can take over DHCP lease management without causing downtime. High Availability can be configured as Active/Active, Active/Passive, Advanced Active/Passive or Anycast. For conceptual information, see High Availability for DHCP.

To view the list of HA groups, complete the following:

1. From the Infoblox Portal, click

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1. Configure > Networking > IPAM/DHCP > HA Groups.

2. The application displays the following information:

• NAME: Displays the name of the HA group.

• DESCRIPTION: Displays additional information about the HA group.

• HA CONFIGURATION: Displays whether the configuration is Active/Active, Active/Passive, Advanced Active/Passive, or Anycast.

• SERVICE INSTANCE 1: Displays the service instance associated with the HA group.

• SERVICE INSTANCE 2: Displays the service instance associated with the HA group.

• HA Status: Displays the following status:

  • Ok

  • failure

  • degraded

  • intermediate

  • unreachable

  • unknown

You can also perform the following in this tab:

• Click

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• ☰ to select and reorder the columns to be displayed on the interface.

• Click  

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• ☰ > Edit next to an HA group, or select the check box for the respective HA group and click Edit to modify an HA group.

• Click

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• ☰ > Delete next to an HA group, or select the respective HA group and click Delete to delete an HA group.

• Select an HA group to view additional details

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•  HA Configuration, Port, Service Instance 1, Service Instance 2 or Packet Statistics. The State of the service instances is also shown. The State can have the following values:

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•  ready, waiting, terminated, syncing, passive-backup, partner-down, load-balancing, backup, hot-standby, down, unreachable or unknown.

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•  If you do not want to view the details in the right panel, click

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• Enter the value that you want to search in the Search text box. The application displays the list of records matching the keyword in the text box.

• Click

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• Name, Description, and HA Configuration 

You can perform the following actions:

• Creating HA Groups

• Modifying HA Groups

• Deleting HA Groups