Active/Standby; Active/Active; In This Chapter - Watchguard V10 User Manual

CHAPTER 19: Setting Up a High Availability System
site for information on purchasing software upgrade
licenses:
https://www.watchguard.com/upgrade

Active/Standby

Active/Standby means that when a primary appliance
fails, the passive appliance comes online with a full copy of
the state table, to provide maximum uptime and network
availability.
Active/Standby is available for all models that have an HA
interface (this feature is available on the V60L as an
optional upgrade). The license for this feature is provided
to you when you register with the LiveSecurity service.

Active/Active

The Active/Active option works with two Vclass appli-
ances paired together using redundant High Availability
(HA) Ethernet ports. Active/Active uses transparent state
failover, which provides a seamless transition if one of the
boxes fails and the other must take over. System configura-
tion, policies and firewall, and VPN connections are shared
between the two active appliances, so if one fails, the other
is fully aware of the state of all connections and can con-
tinue carrying the load without dropping any packets.
Active/Active requires the purchase of a software upgrade
license, and requires V80 or V100 hardware. Please refer to
the WatchGuard Web site for information on purchasing
software upgrade licenses:
https://www.watchguard.com/upgrade

In this chapter

This chapter discusses High Availability Active/Standby mode.
To learn about High Availability Active/Active mode, see
the High Availability Guide that comes with the license key
when you purchase the HA Active/Active upgrade option.
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