Configuring An Ft Group; Associating A Context With An Ft Group - Cisco ACE-4710-K9 Administration Manual

Chapter 7 Configuring Redundant ACE Appliances

Configuring an FT Group

Associating a Context with an FT Group

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On each ACE, you can create multiple FT groups, up to a maximum of 21 groups
(20 user contexts and 1 Admin context). Each group consists of a maximum of two
members (contexts): one active context on one appliance and one standby context
on the peer appliance.
To create an FT group, use the ft group command in configuration mode. You
must configure the same group ID on both peer appliances. The syntax of this
command is:
ft group group_id
The group_id argument specifies a unique identifier of the group. Enter an integer
from 1 to 20.
For example, enter:
host1/Admin(config)# ft group 1
host1/Admin(config-ft-group)#
To remove the group from the configuration, enter:
host1/Admin(config)# no ft group 1
After you create an FT group, configure the FT group attributes as described in
the following topics:
Associating a Context with an FT Group
•
Associating a Peer with an FT Group
•
Assigning a Priority to the Active FT Group Member
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Configuring Preemption
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Placing an FT Group in Service
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An FT group consists of two members (contexts) with the same name, each
residing on a different ACE. To associate a context with an FT group, use the
associate-context command in FT group configuration mode. You need to make
this association for both redundant contexts in an FT group. The syntax of this
command is:
associate-context name
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