Task 6: Hot Standby - Verify Configuration; Task 7: Hot Standby - Verify Redundant D400 Operation - GE Multilin D400 Instruction Manual

CHAPTER 7: SETTING UP THE D400 FOR REDUNDANCY

Task 6: Hot standby - Verify configuration

Task 7: Hot standby - Verify redundant D400 operation

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3. Enter 4. Peer IP Address (IP of Active D400).
Result: The D400 Redundancy Configuration Menu - Peer IP Configuration menu
appears.
4. Specify the Peer IP address.
5. Enter 8. D400 A/B Designation.
Result: The D400 Redundancy Configuration Menu - Redundancy D400 Designation
(A/B) Configuration menu appears.
6. Enter 2. D400_B.
7. Enter the remainder of the configuration settings identical to the primary D400. See
"Task 4: Hot standby - Configure the primary D400 for redundancy" on page 101.
8. Enter 19. Reboot D400 and wait for a minute.
Result: All of the D400 applications are restarted and run in Hot-Standby mode.
This D400 (D400_B) communicates to the peer D400 (D400_A) and declares itself to be the
Standby D400 since the peer D400 is already in Active mode.
To verify that the configuration is correct:
1. At the D400#>> command prompt of the primary D400, enter d400cfg.
2. Enter 14. Redundancy.
3. Enter 1. Current Configuration.
4. Repeat the steps of this task for the secondary D400.
5. Compare the primary and secondary configurations.
To verify that the D400s are operating as redundant devices:
1. Login to D400 remote-HMI and enter credentials.
2. Click Point Summary
3. Click the Application tab.
4. Click Redundancy Manager Details.
5. Repeat the steps of this task for the secondary D400.
6. If the State of peer D400 point is Non Sync, then synchronize the configuration by
entering the DirectOperate -> PulseOn command on the SyncConfig point.
7. Compare the configurations.
8. Confirm that the State of peer D400 pseudo point is Standby.
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