Specifying Automatic Failover Settings
To specify automatic failover configuration settings:
- Go to the Settings icon > Setup > Failover Configuration tab.
The Failover Configuration page appears, listing all device interfaces that are used by the system. - On the Failover Configuration page, complete the following:
- Virtual IP address: Enter the VIP address.
- Connection Mode: Select the connection mode from the drop-down list. You can select Direct if the systems are connected directly through the HA port or select Network if the HA port of both systems are connected to a network. Infoblox recommends that you use the Direct connection mode.
- Virtual Hostname: Enter the hostname for the system.
- Port: Enter the TCP port for replication traffic, if you are using Network connection mode. You must enter a port number great than 1024.
In the Replication Nodes section, enter the following for both Primary and Secondary. - Role: Displays the role of the appliance, either PRIMARY or SECONDARY.
- Management IP: Enter the management IP address of the system.
- Hostname: Enter the hostname of the system.
- Replication IP: Enter the IP address used for replication traffic, if you are using Network connection mode.
- Subnet: Enter the subnet mask of the replication IP, if you are using Network connection mode. Note that the subnet mask must be the same for both primary and secondary appliances.
- Click Update to update the settings and replicate data on both the primary and secondary appliances.
- Click Enable to start connecting the systems. Establishing an HA connection between virtual appliances requires a reboot but establishing an HA connection between hardware appliances does not. Â
The secondary system synchronizes data with the primary system. This process might take about one hour, depending on the appliance model.