Setup High Availability - Planet Networking & Communication MH-5001 User Manual

MH-5001 User Manual
26.2 Objectives
1. Prepare two MH-5001 devices, and then let one as a primary firewall and the other as a secondary firewall. While the
primary firewall is crashed, you can replace it with secondary firewall.
26.3 Methods
There are five steps to configure High Availability feature.
Step 1. You have to setup two MH-5001 devices first. Remember to set the Action Mode for primary device as Active mode
and secondary device as Standby mode.
Step 2. When the primary device crashed, the secondary device will replace it within 30 seconds while detecting by "ping"
command.
Step 3. The secondary device will immediately load the configuration under primary device, and then change its action mode to
Active mode.
Step 4. After rebooting, the primary device will automatically change its action mode to Standby mode if it detects the
secondary device in active mode already.
Step 5. If both of primary and secondary devices crashed simultaneously, the one which reboots faster will action as Active
mode, and the other will be in Standby mode.
26.4 Steps

26.4.1 Setup High Availability

Step 1. Enable High Availability
Check the
Enable High
checkbox. Select the Action Mode as Active if it
is the primary device and Standby for the
secondary device. And then configure the other
HA device. Select which interface to connect to.
Enter IP Address and Login Password.
Note that you have to configure the Secondary
device as Standby mode and the IP address/
Login Password of the Primary device, so High
Availability can work then.
FIELD
Enable High Availability
Action Mode
Connect to interface
IP Address
BUTTON
Apply
ADVANCED SETTINGS > High Availability > Status
Availability
DESCRIPTION
Enable High Availability feature of MH-5001
Specify which device is Active or Standby.
The interface which the HA devices will connect to.
The IP address of the other HA device.
DESCRIPTION
Apply the settings which have been configured.
Table 26-1 Setup status page of High Availability
Enable/Disable
Active/Standby
LAN1/LAN2/DMZ
IPv4 format
200
High Availability
Range/Format EXAMPLE
192.168.40.100
Chapter 26
Enabled
Active
LAN1