Configuring Routing Engine Redundancy (Nsm Procedure); Table 50: Chassis Redundancy Configuration Details - Juniper NETWORK AND SECURITY MANAGER 2010.4 - M-SERIES AND MX-SERIES DEVICES GUIDE REV 1 Manual

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Configuring Routing Engine Redundancy (NSM Procedure)

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You can configure redundancy properties for routers that have multiple Routing Engines
or these multiple switching control boards: Switching and Forwarding Modules (SFMs),
System and Switch Boards (SSBs), Forwarding Engine Boards (FEBs), or Compact
Forwarding Engine Boards (CFEBs).
To configure routing engine redundancy in NSM:
In the NSM navigation tree, select Device Manager > Devices.
1.
Click the Device Tree tab, and then double-click the device to select it.
2.
Click the Configuration tab. In the configuration tree, select Chassis > Redundancy.
3.
Add or modify settings as specified in Table 50 on page 112.
4.
Click one:
5.
OK—Saves the changes.
Cancel—Cancels the modifications.

Table 50: Chassis Redundancy Configuration Details

Task
Configure redundancy
options.
Instruct the backup router to
take mastership if it detects
hard disk errors or a loss of a
keepalive signal from the
master Routing Engine.
For routing platforms with
two Routing Engines,
configure a master Routing
Engine to switch over
gracefully to a backup
Routing Engine without
interruption to packet
forwarding.
Your Action
1. In the Comment box, enter the comment.
2. From the keepalive list, select the time before the backup
router takes mastership when it detects loss of the keepalive
signal.
Range: 2 through 10,000
1. Click Failover next to Redundancy.
2. In the Comment box, enter the comment.
3. Select the type of failover.
1. Click Graceful Switchover next to Redundancy.
2. In the Comment box, enter the comment.
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